Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, ...

The discovery of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b reveals how unusual other worlds can be. This exoplanet takes just 7.8 hours to ...

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, ...

Chicxulub marks the site of the asteroid impact that abruptly ended the age of dinosaurs. Striking Earth with unimaginable ...

JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b provide the strongest evidence to date for an atmosphere surrounding a rocky planet beyond our Solar System.

A three-episode documentary series produced by the China Daily Opinion Channel in 2025, including " The blue helmet promise " ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Documentaries are a dime a dozen in the streaming era because they’re cheaper to produce, so while they satiate ...

A drawing of an orange, cloud-covered planet against a black background During the Archean Eon, 4-2.5 billion years ago, Earth likely looked very different than it does today. Its hazy skies may have ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints of living organisms in ancient rocks, an ...