Breakthrough discovery reveals life on Earth existed over 3.5 billion years ago
One of humanity’s most burning questions has always been whether or not we’re alone in the universe and whether life exists somewhere other than Earth. …
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That weird ‘alien probe’ asteroid might not be an asteroid after all
When astronomers first spotted the odd, cigar-shaped object later determined to be the asteroid Oumuamua a couple of months back, initial observations suggested it was …
A three-mile-wide asteroid just slipped by Earth, but its next pass will really be one for the books
It’s Monday, and since you didn’t die in a fiery apocalyptic hellscape over the weekend that means that the massive space rock named 3200 Phaethon …
The US government spent $22 million to investigate UFOs, but won’t tell us what they found
Do aliens exist, and have they visited Earth? That might sound like a question that conspiracy theorists mull over in obscure chatrooms and internet forums, …
Meet the researchers who used TV episodes of CSI to train artificial intelligence
Federal lawmakers want to have a say in defining artificial intelligence. Researchers are now using TV shows to feed the predictive capability of an AI …
MIT just created living plants that glow like a lamp, and could grow glowing trees to replace streetlights
The modern world has been reinventing our relationship with energy for some time now. Cars are turning away from fossil fuels and relying ever more …
Researchers thought this furry little marsupial was extinct for 100 years, until it came to find them
It’s obviously not often that scientists get good news regarding regionally extinct creatures. Once an animal has been seemingly wiped from its natural home, the …
‘Alien probe’ asteroid is dead quiet, but is that good news or bad news?
A couple of months back, a really, really weird asteroid flew through our Solar System. It looked nothing like any object humanity had ever spotted …
An entire family in Italy can’t feel physical pain, and scientists finally have an answer
If you’ve ever stubbed your toe on a coffee table in the dead of night you know just how awesome it would be to switch …
Watch NASA’s exciting, mysterious new exoplanet news and Google partnership announcement live right here
NASA regularly rolls out news about its discoveries, theories, and studies, and most of the time they do so with very little fanfare. When the …
Scientists find incredible shark that may be over 500 years old and still kicking
What were you doing 500 years ago? Oh, that’s right nothing, because you didn’t exist yet. In fact, several generations of your family had yet …
Could that strange object that just zipped through our Solar System have been an alien probe?
Back in mid-November, scientists revealed that a peculiar object whizzed through our Solar System a month prior. It swooped in from such an extreme angle …
Man-sized ancient penguins once ruled the coast of New Zealand
Today’s penguins might be cute, charming little flightless birds that draw your eye at your local zoo, but things were a whole lot different some …
Archaeologists discover a crude ancient weapon that could kill a man with a single blow
When an ancient wooden club was yanked from its watery grave in the River Thames in England many months ago, archaeologists didn’t quite know what …
SpaceX forced to push back launch of used rocket after finding dirt
Launching a shiny, brand new rocket isn’t exactly easy. Launching a less shiny, used rocket is apparently an even bigger challenge. Today, SpaceX was supposed …
Researchers find ancient ticks full of dinosaur blood, but don’t dream of Jurassic Park just yet
Researchers working with ancient amber thought to be nearly 100 million years old have discovered something that sounds like the beginning of a new chapter …
NASA’s Juno discovers Jupiter’s most colossal storm is even more intense than anyone imagined
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, and aside from Earth and perhaps Saturn it’s also the most recognizable. But unlike Earth or …
Brand new Pacific island is a whole lot like Mars, and scientists are excited
It’s not often that a whole new chunk of land just comes jutting out of the ocean, but that’s just what happened with a new …
Trump signs directive pushing NASA to send astronauts back to the moon, but there’s a catch
The US space program hasn’t sent astronauts to the moon since the early 1970s, but if Donald Trump has his way, NASA will be once …
Scientists obtain Tasmanian Tiger genome, and might even bring it back from extinction
Earth lost a truly unique species when Benjamin, the last known thylacine — commonly called the Tasmanian tiger — died in captivity in early September …
Ancient mummy gets CT scan after 2,000 years, is diagnosed with cancer
Modern medicine can be a truly amazing thing, extending and in sometimes outright saving the lives of people who would otherwise meet untimely ends. For …
Cop captures meteor fireball on dash cam as it lights up the night sky
What would you do if you were driving along in the dead of night and a massive fireball streaked across the sky? Would you slam …
Scientists finally know why meteors explode just before hitting Earth
Mankind hasn’t had to deal with much in the way of deadly meteors over the years, but on the few occasions when one of the …
The Earth is making a weird noise, and researchers have no idea why
Thanks to humans, the Earth is a pretty noisy place. We’re loud creatures — certainly more so than any other animal ever to walk the …
Scientists claim humans have peaked, and will never be taller, stronger, or live longer than we do today
If you look at the entire timeline of human existence, we live longer in modern times than we ever have, and we’re continually beating world …
This bizarre marsupial lion once roamed Australia
Australia is a weird place. Because of its location and that fact that life there has evolved in a vacuum — isolated from much of …
There’s so much junk floating in Earth orbit that the ISS just added a debris sensor
When you look up at the night sky all you see is stars and maybe a distant planet or two, but there’s actually a whole …
A fireball streaked across the night sky in Florida, and NASA saw it, too
When it comes to unexpected skywatching opportunities, fireballs are one of the most exciting. Pieces of various types of space debris flying through Earth’s atmosphere …
These photos show just how badly staring at the solar eclipse will mess up your eyes
Before the solar eclipse earlier this year, scientists had one warning: Don’t stare directly at a partial eclipse, or the sun will scortch your retinas. …
Newly discovered duck dinosaur is so weird that its discoverers couldn’t believe it was real
When you hear the word “dinosaur” you mind probably paints a picture of the mighty tyrannosaurus or something similar, but not all of the long-lost …
