The NASA satellite image shows rust-red rock formations in Wyoming—evidence of 220-million-year-old 'megamonsoons'.

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Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings. The research, led by scientists ...

Fossils unearthed in Villa El Chocón, Argentina, have led paleontologists to identify a previously unknown sauropod species.

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Is it true that the mighty Cholas were not Hindu? Historian Vikram Sampath sets the record straight in this hard-hitting and ...

Scientists proved that the sea still holds some big mysteries after capturing footage of the colossal squid — the largest ...

An in-depth assessment reveals that dozens of giant amphibians died on an ancient floodplain. Around 230 million years ago, ...

A mapping expedition in the Tlayócoc cave in Mexico led a professional cave explorer to a hidden chamber containing shocking ...

Researchers have discovered two new species in a 125-million-year-old fossil in China. While they’d be wiped out by a T-Rex ...

A giant gravity dip beneath Antarctica may mark a planet-shifting impact. The Wilkes Land anomaly hints at an ancient cosmic ...