Carl Sagan, the American astronomer, author, and science communicator was renowned for making difficult scientific concepts understandable to the millions; he did exactly this at the beginning of his renowned series Cosmos by explaining the thought process of the...
Theories depicting the shape of the earth swirled in embryonic form in the minds of Ancient Greek thinkers.
By Matthew Norman
Many pre-Socratic Greek philosophers were wrong about the form of our planet. Thales – founder of the Milesian School of...
In the cold and unhospitable environment of Siberia, a giant hole is breaking open the land. This hole has the shape of a stingray, and it is viewable from space. The story of this "Gateway to Hell" in Siberia...
A mysterious object moving through the solar system has caught the attention of Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who believes it could be more than just a comet—and possibly an alien spacecraft. The interstellar body, designated 3I/ATLAS, was first spotted...
A fossil more than 500 million years old is rewriting the origin story of spiders and scorpions. Researchers suggest that the ancient find indicates arachnids may have evolved in the ocean rather than on land, challenging the long-held belief...
A new study has revealed that a rock formed from industrial waste can develop in just a few decades, challenging long-standing ideas that rock formation takes thousands or even millions of years.
Researchers in the United Kingdom have identified a...
Scientists in northern Japan have resolved the mystery behind the amber layer on the seafloor. They uncovered evidence that a powerful tsunami may have carried large amounts of tree resin into the ocean more than 100 million years ago,...
According to a new study, changes in Earth's tilt have driven the rise and fall of massive ice sheets for the past 800,000 years, shaping the planet’s climate and triggering at least eight ice ages.
The research, published Thursday, February...
