The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of ‘Ushikawa Man’ were some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, but recent studies prove it to be something else. Scientists revealed that these bones ...

In a distant world, astronomers have recorded record-shattering winds of 20,000 mph (32,000 km/hr ... WASP-127b that sits around 500 light years from Earth, has what scientists call “extreme ...

Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...

26,000 to 20,000 years ago. The newfound ice could thus provide researchers with a rare chance to study the climate of the early Pleistocene epoch, during which the Earth underwent episodic ice ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power their photosynthesis, which may be an evolutionary adaptation to a time when the oceans were iron-rich and green-tin ...