Strange glassy blobs strewn across the Australian desert are evidence of an ancient meteorite impact that scientists hadn't ...

In 2017, astronomers on board the International Space Station photographed two eerie islands in Ethiopia. Dek and Daga lie in Lake Tana, whose copper-tinted waters have been important geographically ...

The Ancient Maya may have had large libraries and an advanced writing system, but very little remains today. Indeed, only ...

I n another blow to the image of Neanderthal as brutish troglodyte, we’ve identified the tools the ancient hominin used to ...

November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...

Scientists have uncovered clues to a 4,000-year-old mystery — the hidden logic behind where ancient Chinese built their tombs.

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

He was the mathematician who ran through the streets shouting “Eureka!” — but that was only a glimpse of his genius.

Danone is blending modern science with ancient fermentation traditions to advance gut health and support healthy ageing. VP Taous Lassel highlights the company’s research into centenarians’ ...

In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of hydrogen fuel and collapse into a dense, Earth-sized remnant called a white dwarf. Though it will no longer shine as it once did, this stellar core ...

The young pharaoh's tomb, initially discovered by a British archaeologist in 1922, is one of the most well-known in the ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.