At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

Researchers find that shifts in Earth’s orbit can trigger abrupt climate changes, even in warm periods without ice sheets.

Why did the ice ages occur? If you need a scapegoat, a new study by Stephen Kane of UC Riverside suggests pointing the finger ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too ...

Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, the largest museum of its kind in the Middle East in collaboration with Snap Inc. is ...

Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, was skeptical when he read recent studies that showed ...

The story of The Lord of the Rings doesn’t truly end with the fall of Sauron. This short dives into what happens next, exploring Middle-earth’s Fourth Age and why it matters far more than most fans ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s greatest extinction. Tens of thousands of fossils reveal fully aquatic ...

Scientists uncover how ancient ocean salt controlled carbon storage and shaped global temperatures at the end of the last ice ...

A cluster of prehistoric dugout canoes resting beneath Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, has been dated to as early as around 3000 BC, meaning at least one is older than Egypt’s Great Pyramid of ...

Australia's Finke River, an ephemeral waterway in the Northern Territory, is considered one of the world's oldest, with a ...