A new species of confuciusornithid bird being named Confuciusornis shifan has been identified from a nearly complete skeleton found in northeastern…
Multiple NASA telescopes recently observed a massive black hole tearing apart an unlucky star that wandered too close. Located about 250 million lig…
From France to Indonesia and Australia, ancient life is painted across the walls of darkened caves, seemingly motionless silhouettes in earthen col…
She's out there somewhere, lurking in a parallel universe of possibilities. All you have to do to summon her into being is type the right promp…
Researchers examined the 320,000-year-old bear bones from the Schöningen site in Germany. The very thin cut marks found on the specimens indicate d…
Attila the Hun has been depicted as a bloodthirsty barbarian with an "infinite thirst for gold" and power. But a new study proposes an al…
Einstein's theory of general relativity upended humanity's understanding of the universe more than a century ago, and since then, scientist…
An ancient Egyptian "masterpiece" painting of birds flying and perching within a verdant marsh is so detailed, modern researchers can tel…
Scientists spotted something exciting on Saturn's moon Titan in images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in early November — cloud…
An illustration showing how the early medieval woman may have been laid to rest with her valuable necklace and decorated pots. (Image credit: Copyrig…
Scientists have just announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion ignition: For the first time the heart of a powerful fusion reactor has briefly gen…
Modern humans are known to have interbred with Neanderthals , Denisovans and possibly other archaic hominins. While genetically similar populations…
There is a frozen soup of viruses, bacteria and fungal spores lurking beneath the frigid Arctic soil. Unlike the icy leftovers in the back of your …
Researchers have finally cracked a complex code used in a top secret letter from 1547 that the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, Charles V, wro…
For the first time, physicists have made light appear to move simultaneously forward and backward in time. The new technique could help scientists …