Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...

The explosion released elements heavier than iron—like gold and platinum—through a process known as rapid neutron capture ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

His new “Starships” have lost control and come apart over the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos. Do Americans really believe ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Scientists want to know how glaciation occurred in the continent about 34 million years ago- one of the most intense climate transitions in Earth’s history. While the icy depths of Antarctica preserve ...

This event is actually two occurrences coming together: a total eclipse of the moon by the Earth at the same time as it goes through a full moon phase for March. Though lunar eclipses happen about ...

An archaeological dig has revealed a village existed nearly 3,000 years earlier than the medieval period that historians initially thought it dated from. The excavation at Sharnbrook, near Bedford ...

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may have had a lasting impact on Earth's climate, according to a new study.