Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...

Geology’s Theory of Everything continues successfully to defend its title. ■ Curious about the world? To enjoy our mind-expanding science coverage, sign up to Simply Science, our weekly ...

Scientists have said that in a cosmos filled with trillions of stars, intelligent alien life will form ‘in only a matter of ...

A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...

Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...

The Euclid space mission of the European Space Agency has spotted an Einstein ring in the galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million ...

The lights over the rail line in South Carolina have become a local phenomenon, said to be carried by the ghost of a woman ...

In popular culture, heaven is depicted with pearly gates, fluffy clouds and bright, celestial lights. So what actually is ...

Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most dazzling and extreme geological features within our solar system ...