In a recent discovery that has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, NASA’s Perseverance rover uncovered ...

Scientists have been left baffled after orcas were spotted giving gifts to humans in random acts of 'kindness'. From the icy fjords of Norway to the waters off New Zealand, wild orcas have been ...

A massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shocked scientists after shifting land 6.5 feet southeast and triggering two volcano eruptions. Experts warn more aftershocks and eruptions are ...

Earth’s magnetic field acts like an invisible shield, protecting our planet from harmful cosmic radiation that would ...

Researchers have found that the thick and hazy atmosphere enveloping Saturn's largest moon, Titan, behaves in a very peculiar way. As detailed in a new paper published in The Planetary Science Journal ...

A fossilised prehistoric organism discovered in 2017 has led scientists to conclude that eggs emerged long before the first animals evolved, implying that they came before chicken. Chromosphaera ...

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Officially dubbed the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), this subterranean slimeball sits 125 feet deep underground and ...