A lost planet 5 to 10 times Earth's mass may have fallen into the young Sun and left clues detectable billions of years later ...

The contradictory geology of the Apennines has long puzzled scientists. (Paolo Corsetti/Moment/Getty Images) Deep beneath our ...

Deep beneath Italy, a slow geological process is reshaping the Apennine Mountains in a way scientists did not fully ...

A research team has proven the existence of a hexagonal close-packed phase of superionic water ice under conditions found in ...

(jhorrocks/E+/Getty Images) Water is one of the most commonplace, essential substances in the human world. We literally can't ...

A 3.5-billion-year-old rock in India contains directly dated carbon with a chemical signature consistent with ancient ...

Marvel fans! Get ready for a surprise. Marvel Comics has dropped a new codename for Thanos, and it transforms him into a ...

One asteroid impact may have carved Deimos, buried its surface in debris, and reshaped the entire Martian moon. An ...

A giant hidden structure lies beneath Bermuda. Scientists have discovered a 12-mile-thick layer of unusually buoyant rock ...

A marble inscription discovered at Hadrian’s Villa has preserved the rare physical reminders of the Roman rite of lightning ...

From radiation-eating fungi to tanned frogs, scientists are making extraordinary discoveries in the ruins of the 1986 ...

Eggshells have long fascinated scientists because of their mechanical properties. For instance, it’s well known that cracking ...