It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the early Solar System.

Miso, a six-year-old male Border collie from Canada, knows the names of about 200 toys and participated in a new study of how ...

Astronomers are testing a quieter way of searching for moons beyond the solar system, using careful measurements of motion ...

A fragment of elephant bone used to sharpen stone axes nearly half a million years ago has been identified as the oldest ...

For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

A distant Sun-like star suddenly went dark for months, stunning astronomers who quickly realized something massive was ...

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...

Scientists found a new way to track falling space debris using earthquake sensors, helping improve safety and response time.

New research shows Ice Age hunter-gatherer networks stretched across Europe, linking central Spain to France through stone ...

The method exploits the acoustic shockwaves produced when a returning object travels faster than the speed of sound. As these sonic booms strike the ground, they ...

A growing space debris problem leads scientists to use seismic sensors to follow sonic booms from uncontrolled reentries ...

People's perceptions and their interpretation of the world are known to often be influenced by their expectations and past ...