Dozens of archaeological sites were destroyed by looting during Syria's civil war, which began in 2011 and lasted until 2024. Because the last comprehensive analysis was published in 2017, the extent ...

Mars aurora science overturned: a Nature Communications study using archived MAVEN orbiter data confirms that the Dungey ...

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

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An amateur astronomer from Quebec spotted an unusual circular depression while planning a camping and road trip through the ...

A shattered asteroid may have unleashed a long-lasting cosmic barrage that left scars across the inner solar system and ...

Researchers probe the geochemistry of the moon, Mars, asteroids, and water worlds to understand our home and plan for future ...

Some of the most extraordinary gems ever found belong to a rare class of diamonds known as CLIPPIRs (Cullinan-like, Large, ...

Long before Earth’s tectonic plates began shuttling water into the deep interior, the young planet appears to have found another way. Scientists studying some of the oldest volcanic rocks on Earth ...

Permafrost usually hits the news as a hazard; a planetary risk. When this ice-rich ground thaws, it damages roads and building foundations. It drains lakes and tips trees into drunken forests. It ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers from the University of São Paulo and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation showed in a study that the ancient organic-rich ...