
Fountains of Diamonds Erupt as Supercontinents Break Up
Researchers have discovered a pattern where diamonds spew from deep beneath Earth’s surface in huge, explosive volcanic eruptions
Researchers have discovered a pattern where diamonds spew from deep beneath Earth’s surface in huge, explosive volcanic eruptions
This child was buried 400 years ago in what is now Poland, face-down and with an iron padlock on their foot
A new type of chemistry performed at very cold temperatures on very small particles enables quick, precise reactions
Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kushan script by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian
Scientists have discovered that once mammals, such as dolphins or orcas, have become fully aquatic, they pass a threshold that makes a return to terrestrial landscapes almost impossible...
A scientist claims elephants’ cancer-preventing genes may have evolved to protect their sperm from the scorching hot habitats the pachyderms’ live in...
The sun is quickly approaching a major peak in solar activity. Experts warn it could potentially begin by the end of 2023, years before initial predictions suggested
The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue planet
Horses are specially built to snooze on their hooves, but there’s a catch
Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth
Crablike bodies are so evolutionarily favorable that they’ve evolved at least five different times
The last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone “was much more complex than previously thought,” according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano
Solar-powered balloons detected strange, ultra-low-frequency rumblings in Earth’s stratosphere that, so far, scientists can’t identify
An increase in activity in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don’t know for sure
Iceberg B-22A, which first broke off from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier in 2002, is finally moving away from the South Pole after being freed from its seafloor tether
Researchers have replicated the classic double-slit experiment using lasers. But their slits are in time, not space
Collisions between moons and planets may be a regular danger for possible extraterrestrial life
Preliminary estimates suggest that a 50-meter space rock called 2023 DW has a roughly one-in-600 chance of colliding with our planet in 23 years
Astronomers are puzzled by a ring around the icy dwarf planet Quaoar that is much farther from its parent body than thought possible
A sprawling Maya site has been discovered beneath a Guatemalan rain forest
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