Learn about the escalating threat of volcanoes in Iceland and how a new warning system is helping to inform the public when eruptions will occur.

Discover how inhalation of Mars' toxic dust can cause lung diseases like those seen in miners.

Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a meteorite impact.

Learn how a new instrument will increase the telescope’s ability to spot sunspots in unprecedented detail.

The hell ant shows how insect species evolved, adapted, and spread throughout the ancient world.

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

Learn about the significance of tardigrades being tattooed, a process that could lay the foundation for microscopic, biocompatible devices.

Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just occur in Rome.

Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by comets and asteroids.

Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.

Healers have treated their patients with silk throughout history. Now they're harnessing its strength, biocompatibility, and biodegradability in innovative new ways.

Learn why some dinosaurs had air sacs in their vertebrae and how it relates to modern day birds.

Learn more about who Suni Williams is and what her contributions have looked like throughout her career in space.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to recover from their time in space. Learn more about what happens to the human body when they live in microgravity for months.

Learn more about Thorin the Neanderthal, one of the last remaining specimens of ancient humans to be found in Eurasia.

Learn more about the Middle Island Sinkhole, an under water sinkhole with no oxygen.

Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire’s collapse.

This southwest England area has served as a crossroads for multiple civilizations, dating back 12,000 years.

Learn more about the Curiosity’s carbonate discovery on Mars, and what it tells of about Mars’ past and Earth’s future.

While cautious about the findings, astronomers detected traces of a chemical that, on Earth, is produced by phytoplankton.

Learn about Mars' defunct magnetic field, which may have sustained life on the planet and covered only its southern hemisphere over 4 billion years ago.

Images of the distant spiral galaxy are changing conceptions of the speed and process by which galaxies form.

Modeling Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field from 41,000 years ago suggests how Homo sapiens’ sun-fighting strategy helped sustain them as a species.

Learn why a comprehensive comparison of crocodile skulls, teeth, and jaws hints that generalists, not specialists are best built for longevity.

Learn more about this ancient art piece and the reason some experts believed it was carved.

The chemical composition of a meteorite that was built much like early Earth shows evidence of ample hydrogen necessary to form water.

Learn how astronomers found the invisible ionized gas that forms puffy halos surrounding galaxies.

Learn more about how a geoarchaeological discovery from 26,000 years ago is rewriting the history of fire.

Learn about the optical rotatum, a newfound structure of light that exhibits a spiral pattern linked with various parts of nature.

Although a bracket fungus proved to be the least palatable, it is not poisonous. This conclusion could make scientists rethink the relationship between taste and toxicity.

The tracks show that two types of ankylosauruses co-existed at a time and place where they were once thought to be extinct.

Dark oxygen was first discovered in 2015, but what is it? Learn how a deep-sea discovery could rewrite our understanding of how life on Earth evolved.

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is important to know today.

Learn why a black hole is becoming active and why experts still can't explain the source of its regular, periodic pattern of X-ray energy flashes.

Learn more about the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower and how you can prepare for this stunning cosmic show.

Learn about the unique aspects of the Pink Moon, the upcoming full moon that will illuminate the night sky as a micromoon on April 12, 2025.

Learn about the ancient rhinos that lived and died together in Nebraska in the Middle Miocene.