The final chapter of dinosaur history is a tale stretching across two very different worlds, each a vast supercontinent dominated by its own unique mix of...
If you sit down at a piano, hitting different notes with each hand would be the first step to mastering the instrument. But what if both...
A subterranean 'conveyor belt' of magma, pushing up to Earth's surface for millions of years, was responsible for the longest stretch of erupting supervolcanoes...
Between COVID-19 lockdowns and nail-biting elections, 2020 is certainly driving many of us to spend more time on social media than ever before.
A distant asteroid trailing in the gravitational wake of Mars has been observed in greater detail than ever before, and the close-up reveals a surprising resemblance...
As the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world this year to such devastating effect, many of us were asking the same questions. How does the virus...
How long have mammals been social creatures? At least since the Late Cretaceous part of the dinosaur age, according to a new study, which puts back...
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With an estimated 300 active volcanoes on Earth, the challenge is how to monitor them all to send out early warnings before they erupt. Measuring volcanic...
Centaurs are rare celestial objects that can combine some of the different features of asteroids and comets. They're basically rocky in nature, like asteroids,...