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A piece of chewed birch bark tar gum unearthed in western Sweden has unlocked a window into ancient life, revealing the oldest known human DNA in the region. First excavated in the early 1990s from the Huseby Klev site, this 10,000-year-old…

Astronomers have uncovered new details about an extraordinary object hurtling through the solar system. A comet with unprecedented dimensions and behavior has begun to reveal unexpected features that may significantly impact our understanding of…

A rare snowfall in the driest place on Earth has halted operations of one of the world’s premier telescope arrays, and climate change may mean the observatory will face more extreme weather events like this in the future.

The snow has blanketed…

Bavaria-based startup The Exploration Company (TEC) says it is investigating the loss of a space capsule that was carrying the ashes of 166 people back to their families.

The “Nyx Mission Possible” craft had been due to return the ashes to Earth…

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name “Hadean” comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely characterized the planet at the time.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — When President Donald Trump floated his budget for NASA for 2026, it slashed the science budget by half, proposed the end of the Artemis program’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Gateway lunar station, and cut…

The Cambrian explosion, long hailed as one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth, has now been brought into question. New research suggests that this dramatic burst of biodiversity, which is believed to have occurred…

The Thunder Moon or Buck Moon, as it’s called, the first full moon of the astronomical summer, will occur Thursday.

On July 10, the moon will rise in the southeastern sky and will be illuminated throughout the evening until it sets in the…