Science

A new discovery in western Iran reveals the role of seals in early bureaucracy, showing how prehistoric societies managed trade and resources.

For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray

The Great Unconformity — a gap in Earth’s geological record — has puzzled scientists for 150 years. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “snowball Earths” or Cambrian life.

From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.

Southwest Research Institute was part of an international team that demonstrated how complex organic molecules (COMs), key chemical precursors to life, could have been incorporated into Jupiter's Galilean moons during their formation. The team's findings have…

An analysis of a mass grave found in northern Serbia is revealing new information about violence in Early Iron Age Europe.

China's reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth orbit, and how do those activities advance China's space goals?

NASA technology traced the pulsing back to a massive tsunami.

Scientists may have discovered the world's oldest butthole after unearthing the nearly 300 million year old backend of a reptile in Germany, per an upcoming study in the journal Current Biology.

A horse's signature whinny comes from a combination of whistling and singing. The whinny is a unique combination of both high and low pitched sounds.