Scientists have discovered further details on the colossal mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs using a new map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid. The ...

"The CO2 ice block began to dig into the slope and move downwards just like a burrowing mole or the sandworms from 'Dune.' It looked very strange!" Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve ...

This satellite image reveals not only geological beauty but also the deep ties between landscape, climate and history in one of the world's driest deserts. Seen from space, western China's Tarim Basin ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system has just made its closest pass to the sun, brightening dramatically and rapidly as it did so. The reason for the sudden extreme activity ...