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Ariana Church, 9, was on Penarth beach in Wales with her family when she spotted a mysterious rock - which turned out to be a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite ...

Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona’s huge impact crater.

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Tyrannosaurus rex is arguably the world’s most famous dinosaur, yet paleontologists are still learning more about this giant ...

Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat of global sea-level rise at risk.

We'll get a rare close-by view of a total solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse and two spectacular meteor showers in the coming ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the ...

Thinking about moving to Arizona? Discover why the state’s climate, culture, scenery, and quality of life win over residents and newcomers alike.

Greenland, the largest island on Earth, possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources anywhere in the world. These include critical raw materials – resources such as lithium and rar ...