If you cut down a tree, you can read an environmental record. Now climate change is complicating the narrative.

Regarding Idiopyrgus meriadoci, they write, “Besides standing with Éowyn against the Witch-king in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Merry is also an example of the fight for nature conservation in ...

Since the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, researchers have been studying Higgs bosons and searching for signs of physics ...

"We are trying to answer primary, important questions about how everything got to be like it is, even why the entire solar ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

Tree rings reveal ancient solar storms, helping scientists predict and prepare for future events that could disrupt ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

On a local level, heavy metal and chemical pollution from unmaintained factories and infrastructure will exert pressures on ...