A rhythmic mantle plume, like a "geological heartbeat," was discovered beneath Ethiopia at the Afar Depression, ripping the continent apart....
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life. Scientists report...
In the arid landscapes of what is now Brazil, new findings shed light on the ancient lives of sauropod dinosaurs. These massive creatures, known for t...
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A rhynchocephalian skeleton around 3–7 million years older than the oldest currently known lepidosaur fossil provides important insight into the o...
Columbian mammoths in Mexico are genetically different from those in the U.S. and Canada, surprise DNA study reveals....
All I know is, I didn't break it....
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In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules....
A blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Stretching ...
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb argued interstellar object 3I/ATLAS "could either visit us or release some mini-probes that arrive to Earth."...
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Science News: NASA confirms that asteroid 2025 QV9 will fly by Earth on September 10. The asteroid is airplane-sized and travels at high speed. It wil...
A greedy white dwarf star not far from Earth is devouring its closest celestial companion at a rate never seen before, space scientists have discovere...