Despite modern satellites and increasingly detailed maps, islands are still emerging and being identified around the world.

We've been living on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years, and we still don't fully understand it. That's not a failure of science - it's a reflection of how genuinely complex Earth is, from ...

From the vast deserts of Peru to the ancient shipwrecks of Greece, our planet is home to a myriad of mysteries that continue to baffle scientists and researchers. Some of these enigmatic discoveries, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers found a nearby super-Earth, GJ 251 c, orbiting in its star's habitable zone. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) In a secluded ...

Imagine southern Brazil’s vast grasslands, where the earth reveals its ancient secrets. It’s not just dirt; it’s a time capsule bursting open fast. Meet Gnathovorax cabreirai, a Triassic-era ruler of ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a star located about 83 light years away. The newfound alien world is slightly ...

You may have heard a lot of online chatter about Earth's two moons recently, but that doesn't quite get the discovery right. Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon ...

Our Research Fellows conduct novel research into understudied aspects of discoveries in astrobiology and SETI, across a wide array of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. These ...