MYSTERIOUS ‘BLOBS’ lurking beneath the Earth’s surface could be responsible for the cataclysmic volcanic eruptions that ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of three that will be lighting up the summer night sky beginning in July. But it won't reach ...

Ever since the first dinosaur fossils were identified in the 19th century, scientists have been trying to figure out why ...

Around 2 billion years ago, an asteroid the size of Mount Everest, or possibly even larger, struck Earth with catastrophic consequences. The Free Devort Impact in South Africa marks the largest ...

These Lizards Mysteriously Survived the Asteroid Strike That Killed the Dinosaurs—and Their Descendants Are Still Alive Today Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have ...

NOVA “The Rise of the Mammals” Wednesday, July 23 at 10:00 pm Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. But we... Read More ...

Look up! The sky comes alive tonight as the spectacular Perseid meteor shower returns — here’s when and how to watch the shooting stars.

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that ...

One of the most famous and active celestial events of the year will begin streaking across the Australian night sky from ...

Based on remarkably similar ages, the meteor impact that created one of Arizona's most recognizable landmarks and wood and sediments found in caves high up in the walls of the Grand Canyon, a new ...