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Meteor impacting earth

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is important to know today.

5 of the Biggest Extraterrestrial Impacts That Moved Oceans and Made Moons

Live reconstruction of a Bonapartenykus specimen by Abel G. Montes. (Image Credit: Meso et al. 2025, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/))

First unambiguous record of pneumaticity in the axial skeleton of alvarezsaurians (Theropoda: Coelurosauria)

Learn why some dinosaurs had air sacs in their vertebrae and how it relates to modern day birds.

Theropod Dinosaurs Could Have Had Hollow Bones Like Modern Day Birds

Sunita suni williams starliner astronaut

Learn more about who Suni Williams is and what her contributions have looked like throughout her career in space. 

Suni Williams Has Set Many Records for Women in Space

General image of an astronaut. (Image Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock) 

Happy astronaut looking towards Earth

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to recover from their time in space. Learn more about what happens to the human body when they live in microgravity for months. 

Adjusting to Earth: How Butch, Suni, and Other Astronauts Readjust After Space Travel

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Fossilized Neanderthal Thorin


Fossilized Neanderthal Thorin

Learn more about Thorin the Neanderthal, one of the last remaining specimens of ancient humans to be found in Eurasia.

Thorin the Neanderthal Was One of the Last of These Ancient Humans

A diver samples a bacterial mat within the Middle Island Sinkhole. (Image Courtesy of Nick Zachar/NOAA) 

Middle Island Sinkhole Core Collection

Learn more about the Middle Island Sinkhole, an under water sinkhole with no oxygen. 

Lake Huron's Middle Island Sinkhole Could Help Us Understand Earth's Evolution 

Eating plant based diet

Learn how following a plant-based diet could help you live longer. 

Adding More Plant-Based Proteins to Your Diet Could Increase Your Life Expectancy

Rocky cliffs on Iceland's Coast (Image Credit: EricLiu08/Shutterstock) 

Iceland coast

Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire’s collapse.  

A Little Ice Age May Have Assisted in the Roman Empire's Collapse

Medieval human remains not related to the site. (Image Credit: DeStefano/Shutterstock)

Medieval human remains

This southwest England area has served as a crossroads for multiple civilizations, dating back 12,000 years.

More Than 300 Skeletons Uncovered From Medieval and Post-Medieval Eras in UK

Photomicrograph of Basiceros enana, a newly discovered extinct dirt ant species preserved in Dominican amber, formed from tree resin that fossilized millions of years ago. (Image Credit: Gianpiero Fiorentino (NJIT))

Head basiceros

Learn about the extinct species of "dirt ant" that was found in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, adding an important piece to an evolutionary puzzle.

Ancient Amber Has Kept a Dirt Ant Frozen in Time For 16 Million Years

Curiosity Mars Rover exploring the surface of red planet. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. (Image Credit: Paopano/Shutterstock)  

Curiosity Rover On Mars

Learn more about the Curiosity’s carbonate discovery on Mars, and what it tells of about Mars’ past and Earth’s future. 

Mars May Have Experienced a Great Dying Event Similar to Earth's

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T cells attacking cancer cell

The body's home-grown microbiota and bile acids could help boost the immune system to suppress tumor growth. 

The Gut Microbiome Could Help Our Bodies Fight Cancer

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b, which orbits its star in the habitable zone. (Image Credit: A. Smith, N. Madhusudhan (University of Cambridge))

Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b

While cautious about the findings, astronomers detected traces of a chemical that, on Earth, is produced by phytoplankton.

JWST May Have Found Strongest Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b

cartoon image of people moving across the world

Tracking global migration has long been hampered by poor, outdated data. Now researchers have harnessed social media data to create a near real-time map of international movement.

How Three Billion Facebook Users Helped Map Global Migration

Portable seismometer deployed at Yellowstone. (Image Credit: Jamie Farrell, University of Utah)

Yellowstone geophone

Learn how the boundaries of the magma chamber beneath Yellowstone have been located, and discover how these boundaries hint at the volcano’s future behavior.

Yellowstone’s Magma Reservoir Reveals Insights Into Future Volcanic Activity

(Image Credit: Willams Harking/Shutterstock) 

mars in half shadow

Learn about Mars' defunct magnetic field, which may have sustained life on the planet and covered only its southern hemisphere over 4 billion years ago.

Mars' Liquid Core May Have Once Powered Only Half of its Magnetic Field

The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way. (Image Credit: © NASA/CSA/ESA, M. Xiao (University of Geneva), G. Brammer (Niels Bohr Institute), Dawn JWST Archive)


The most distant cousin of Milky Way ever observed

Images of the distant spiral galaxy are changing conceptions of the speed and process by which galaxies form.

The JWST May Have Discovered the Milky Way's Twin

(Image Credit: Irina Starikova1811/Shutterstock)

Osteoarthritis

A recent study could help repurpose existing drugs, develop new medicines targeted to broad disease processes, and eventually lead to a personalized approach.

Advances in Existing Drugs and Personalized Therapy Could Help Treat Osteoarthritis

person vaping

Learn more about a new study that confirms the multitude of health risks associated with e-cigarettes, including COPD and high blood pressure.

Safer Than Smoking? Vaping Tied to Alarming Rise in COPD Cases

Homo sapiens in caves

Modeling Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field from 41,000 years ago suggests how Homo sapiens’ sun-fighting strategy helped sustain them as a species.

Prehistoric Sunscreen and Clothing May Have Given Homo sapiens an Evolutionary Advantage

Some 215 million years ago in what is now northwestern Argentina, the terrestrial crocodylomorph Hemiprotosuchus leali prepares to devour the early mammal relative Chaliminia musteloides. (Image Credit: Jorge Gonzalez)


Hemiprotosuchus and Chaliminia

Learn why a comprehensive comparison of crocodile skulls, teeth, and jaws hints that generalists, not specialists are best built for longevity.

How Crocodiles Have Survived Over 230 Million Years and Two Mass Extinction Events

Archeopark Pavlov. Famous landmark on South Moravia. Czech Republic, and the likely site where the Dolní Věstonice portrait head was found in the 1920s. (Image Credit: Photo Nature Travel/Shutterstock) 

Aerial view of Dolní Věstonice archeological site

Learn more about this ancient art piece and the reason some experts believed it was carved. 

The Tiny Dolní Věstonice Portrait Head Gives Us a Glimpse into Ancient Society

(Image Credit: Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock)


Meteor crashing

The chemical composition of a meteorite that was built much like early Earth shows evidence of ample hydrogen necessary to form water.

Origins of Water on Earth May Not Have Started with an Asteroid Impact

A new UC Davis study shows that having fermented food like sauerkraut could be good for gut health. 
(Image Credit: Hector Amezcua / UC Davis)

Fermented Food Sauerkraut Gut Healthy Intestinal Inflammation

Learn more about the health benefits of fermented foods like sauerkraut, which may give your gut a protective boost. 

Sour, Salty, and Fermented — Here’s How Sauerkraut Supports Gut Health

Baby sleeping in crib

Learn about the chemicals in mattresses that pose several health risks in children, and find out what can be done to keep children's bedrooms safe. 

Mattresses Shed Harmful Chemicals, Endangering Children as They Sleep

Woman refusing to eat

Fresh insights into the gut’s immune system point to promising allergy treatment options.

New Immune Cell Discovery May Ease Food Allergy Symptoms

(Image Credit: Apisit Kontong/Shutterstock)

Milky way galaxy

Learn how astronomers found the invisible ionized gas that forms puffy halos surrounding galaxies.

We May Finally Understand Where the Universe’s Missing Matter Has Been Hiding 

Cartoonish male avatar used in the experiments (Image Credit: Jasmin Baake et al)

Cartoonish male avatar used in the experiments

Learn more about how people perceive AI avatars on social media and how they could impact science communication. 

Do Realistic AI Avatars Invoke the Uncanny Valley?

(Image Credit: Fractal Pictures/Shutterstock) 

Ice age era humans around fire

Learn more about how a geoarchaeological discovery from 26,000 years ago is rewriting the history of fire.

How Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire During the Coldest Era in History

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Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Image elements furnished by NASA. 3d rendering illustration. Showing great red spot. Close up view

The largest storm in our solar system, an 8,700-mile-wide anticyclone on Jupiter long beloved by astronomers, may be slowly fizzling out. 

Jupiter’s 8,700-Mile-Wide Great Red Spot Keeps Shrinking

 #MuseumSelfie Day has received international engagement and coverage, from news outlets including the Guardian, CNN, and more. (Credit: Mar Dixon)

Museum Selfie Day

Where culture, creativity, and selfies collide—#MuseumSelfie Day returns January 15. 

Celebrate Museum Selfie Day on January 15

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