New lunar rocks from a previously hidden region expose Earth’s early violent history, offering scientists decades‑long sought evidence. Analyses of rocks retrieved from the Moon’s far side indicate that the early Solar System experienced a prolonged...

Ancient Greeks physically reshaped the Cyrene coastline to build a grand harbor, but a new discovery reveals what they unknowingly hid beneath the stones. Centuries ago, Greek settlers in Cyrene undertook a massive engineering project, excavating...

Scientists have uncovered hidden fragments of a massive, ancient supercontinent buried beneath three continents, revealing a lost world from Earth’s past. A fresh analysis of more than 25,000 volcanic rock samples has rewritten our understanding of the...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a complex geological history in Mars’ Jezero Crater, revealing evidence of multiple ancient water-related events. NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a complex geological narrative within the Margin Unit of...

Curiosity explores a polygon-covered Martian region with dark rocks, offering fresh clues and new questions about Mars’ geological history. NASA’s Curiosity rover has arrived at a strikingly patterned region inside Gale Crater, where a wide expanse of...

A new Martian dune field uncovered shows a hidden landscape sculpted over billions of years, offering fresh clues about the planet’s geological past. Orbiting Mars aboard the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, scientists have obtained...

A remarkable new fossil discovery in the Norwegian Arctic has finally revealed the identity of a mysterious creature that left marks on the ancient seafloor. Paleontologists have uncovered a remarkable 560-million-year-old fossil in a remote sheep...

Spirit rover data reanalysis uncovers mineral signs of a wetter ancient Mars, reshaping our view of the planet’s early climate. A fresh look at data gathered by NASA’s Spirit rover has uncovered mineral clues that point to extensive water activity on...

DNA from two ancient Saharan herders shows that early people in North Africa adopted herding through shared ideas, not mass migration, and belonged to a long-isolated human lineage once living in a greener Sahara. Today, the Sahara is known for heat,...

Astronomers have discovered hidden clues in the faint light of Neptune’s moons that may explain why its satellite system is unlike any other in the solar system. New evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) indicates that the rings and minor...

A new British-built rover will drill deeper into Mars than ever before, embarking on a critical mission to uncover hidden traces of ancient alien life. A British-engineered rover, scheduled for a 2028 journey to the Red Planet, is poised to breach the...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered an unusually hard, light-toned Martian rock that resisted its first attempt to collect a core sample. NASA’s Rover Probes Ancient Martian Catastrophes in Rugged Frontier NASA’s Perseverance rover has ventured...

Thousands of ancient petroglyphs in Egypt’s Western Desert face imminent loss as changing conditions threaten their preservation. In Egypt’s remote Western Desert, thousands of prehistoric petroglyphs are being worn away by a combination of...

Paleontologists in Egypt’s Western Desert have unearthed fossils of an ancient, shark-ruled marine ecosystem that thrived millions of years ago. Long before the arid landscapes of Egypt’s Western Desert dominated the region, the area was submerged...

A detailed reconstruction of ancient ocean chemistry suggests that long-term changes in seawater calcium closely tracked atmospheric carbon dioxide as Earth cooled over the last 50 million years. Over the last 50 million years, Earth slowly changed...

Scientists uncover a surprising mineral on Mars, sparking fresh interest in the planet’s ancient history and its potential habitability. China’s Zhurong rover has detected bright gypsum crystals in the Utopia Planitia region, a find that may lock in...

Scientists crack the mystery of an indestructible red rock from Australia’s gold fields after it survived saws, acid, drills, and a sledgehammer. A heavy, reddish stone unearthed in the clay of Maryborough Regional Park in 2015 has been confirmed as a...

A remarkable discovery inside a U.S. cave has unearthed 300-million-year-old shark fossils, offering a rare glimpse into a long-lost prehistoric world. Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of two previously unknown shark species that...

Rare dinosaur footprints preserved in coastal rock along South Africa’s Western Cape reveal that large dinosaurs once crossed muddy tidal flats during the Early Cretaceous. Along South Africa’s southern coast, the shoreline looks ordinary most of the...

Curiosity rover hits a major Mars geological boundary after a steep climb, opening fresh insights into the planet’s ancient environment changes. During its latest trek across Gale Crater, NASA’s Curiosity rover climbed to the summit of a sharply...