Unveiling the mysteries of early civilization, Mesopotamian clay provides valuable insights into the origins of chemistry.

While theories like overhunting and climate shifts have been debated, a recentPLOS ONE study presents compelling evidence linking a comet impact or airburst event to these dramatic changes. The Cosmic ...

In a scientific breakthrough with cosmic implications, researchers have, for the first time, precisely dated the emergence of ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

Researchers studied samples returned by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission in 2020. The spacecraft visited the near-Earth asteroid between 2018 and 2019.

Dinosaurs’ extinction was caused by the Chicxulub asteroid striking Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Its fallout triggered rapid ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have ...