For decades, humanity has searched the universe for signs of alien life — but some scientists warn that finding it may come ...

At first, they looked like muddy chunks of ancient shell. But these 20-million-year-old fossil oysters had been slowly replaced with agate over time, creating hidden patterns inside the stone. When ...

If an alien intelligence were hiding somewhere on Earth, many scientists suspect it might look something like an octopus.

Rare 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France look nearly identical to living species, revealing a body ...

From the column: "Nature is a drug, a temple, a gauge, a rudder, a therapist. What to do? Speak, write, sit in it, contribute ...

Astronomers studying the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS say it could be a 12‑billion‑year‑old relic formed in near‑absolute‑zero ...

One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the Solar System. Detected by ...

(Gerard Soury/The Image Bank/Getty Images) In an abyssal chasm yawning deep beneath the Indian Ocean, a vast 'city of the dead' has slowly been growing in the frigid darkness. Along some 1,200 ...

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"There were so many washed up one year the beach looked blue and the smell was awful." ...

A record-breaking research ship will explore the deepest oceans with technology built for science, not luxury.

The rich will dicuss World War III, the antichrist and how to build a cult in Wicklow retreat ...