Pterosaurs Took 150 Million Years To Become the Kings of the Skies

Evolution took its time with these ancient aerial predators.

A Giant Asteroid Could Cause an ‘Impact Scenario’ in 2068

Could we be on a nearly 50-year collision course with a near-Earth asteroid?

Super Rare Molecule Not Found Anywhere Outside a Laboratory Discovered on Titan

Here’s Why Astronauts Are Younger After Returning from Orbit

Astronauts age a bit slower than those of us on Earth due to something called "time dilation" described by Einstein's theory of relativity.

Can Animals Really Get Drunk in the Wild?

Turns out, humans aren't the only ones who have trouble holding their liquor.

Cycling Course in France Features Intensely Bumpy Cobblestone Road

This Wearable Tracks Stress Hormone in Your Sweat

Could this be our newest weapon in our constant battle with stress?

Hubble Captures Odd Galaxy That Looks Like an Otherworldly Deep Sea Creature

The Hubble Space Telescope seems to be a pro at capturing the strange beauty from the chaos of space.

Scientists Find Sick Vampire Bats Practice Social Distancing

Humans could apparently learn a thing or two from vampire bats.

Scientists Reveal the Atmosphere of a Strange Alien World That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’

This Small Town in Peru is Built Around a Desert Oasis

Legend has it in Huacachina during every full moon, a mermaid leaves the lagoon and cries over her lost love.

The Milky Way's Quiet Supermassive Black Hole Spins Unusually Slow

Observatory Captures Three of Our Planetary Neighbors in Jaw-Dropping Images

Strange, Bat-Winged Dinosaurs Were Likely Way Worse at Flying Than Chickens

Why These Creepy Coffins Dangle from Cliffs in the Philippines

Would Earth Move If Everyone Jumped at the Same Time?

Rhett Allain, an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University, crunched the numbers.

This Insane Assassin Bug Stacks Dead Ants on its Back for Camouflage

Bat Scientists Forced to Socially Distance From Bats

What would happen if North American bats suddenly contracted covid-19?

New Study Reveals Newborns See Words From Birth

Astronomers See Toxic Gas Spewing From Jupiter’s Moon For the First Time Ever

And it could not only provide insight into Lo, but other place outside our solar system, as well.

Our Solar System Has a Mysterious Region Where Objects Have ‘Unusual Behaviors’

Instead of circling our sun in a flat disk, researchers say "detached objects" have orbits that tilt like a seesaw and cluster in one section of the night sky.

Mars-Bound Astronauts Should Layover at Venus

New Superwhite Paint Cools Buildings in Direct Sunlight

This Wearable Tech Turns Your Body’s Movement Into Music

Don’t want to take the time to learn a tangible instrument, try these instead.

First Star in the Milky Way to Send Out Radio Signals Is Sending Them Out Again

A Baby Planet Could Be Forming Inside this Turbulent 'Twist'

Scientists have detected the signals of a twisting disk around a young star that may mark the site of a planet’s birth. It could be the first direct evidence of a baby planet coming into existence.

Archaeologists Uncover Giant 2,000-Year-Old Cat Geoglyph in Peru

“It’s quite striking that we’re still finding new figures, but we also know that there are more to be found,” Peru’s chief Nazca archaeologist Johny Isla told Spanish news agency EFE.

Researchers Add 4 Wheels to a 4-Legged Robot to Improve Speed and Functionality

No, you won’t find anything like this in nature and that’s kind of the point.

Orionids Meteor Shower Peaks This Week With 15-20 Meteors an Hour

Check Out How Birds Sleep in Mid-Flight While Flying Long Distances

Check Out the Amazing Way Water Boils in Space 

They say “a watched pot never boils,” but you’re not going to want to miss seeing water boil in microgravity.

Scientists Find Hurricanes Are Moving Faster Than They Used To

It’s previously been reported that hurricanes are getting stronger, and it seems they’re picking up the pace, too.

Our Galaxy is Surrounded by a Clumpy Halo of Recycled Gas

Humans aren’t the only ones who reduce, reuse, recycle! Apparently, our galaxy is also in the recycling business.

Scientists Discover Ancient Baby Megashark Nursery in South Carolina

What Would Earth Be Like if it Had Rings?

Saturn’s rings are arguably the coolest thing in our solar system, but if Earth had a set, there’d be potential for some destruction.

Amazing ‘Square Waves’ Phenomenon Explained

Elon Musk Projects First SpaceX Mission to Mars in 4 Years

Scientists May Finally Know Why Pluto Has Snowcapped Mountains

Turns out, snow forms much differently on Pluto than it does here on Earth!

Worker Ants Lost the Ability to Fly in Exchange For Greater Strength, Study Finds

Ants are famous for being able to drag objects several times their own weight, but did you know that worker ants evolved from flying insects? Turns out, those two things might be linked.

NASA Spacecraft Detects Rise in Space Density Outside Our Solar System

More Than 30 Intelligent Civilizations Could Be Living in Our Galaxy

Researchers say the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life could provide clues to our own civilization's future and fate.

This is Made Up of Millions of Microscopic 'Teeth'

Unearthed Footprints Tell the Story of Ancient Man Evading Sabre-Toothed Cats and Dire Wolves

These tracks reveal what life may have been like around the end of the ice age.

Scientists Discover Method of Turning Plastic Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel

Could this save our oceans from plastic “Armageddon”?

Cosmic Particles Provide Clues About How Rain Moves Mountains

‘Corpse Removal’ of Dead Cells Seen in Brains For First Time

Our brains have a system that can clear out dead cells and debris, much like collecting garbage, and scientists have captured this process in a live mammalian brain for the first time.

Weird Video of Earth’s Rotation From a New Perspective

Astrophotographer Bartosz Wojczyński captured this stunning video in Namibia that shows Earth’s landscape rotating as stars stay still.

Old Faithful Shut off Hundreds of Years Ago, And It Might Again Soon

Old Faithful, the famous geyser that’s astonishingly punctual, wasn’t always so reliable, and a new study suggests it might go silent again.

Scientists Find Cows Prefer ‘Live’ Co-moo-nication Over Recorded Voices

If you’re missing live interactions with other humans during COVID-19, you’re not alone. Apparently, cows also prefer face-to-face chats.

Check Out This Spooky 'Ghost Nebula’ Located 550 Light-Years Away