World must act now to defuse ‘climate time bomb,’ UN scientists warn
The UN's final IPCC report warns that drastic action must be taken immediately, but staving off disaster is within humanity's grasp.
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Key building block for life discovered on distant asteroid Ryugu — and it could explain how life on Earth began
Scientists have found uracil, one of the key building blocks for RNA, on the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu
World must act now to defuse ‘climate time bomb,’ UN scientists warn
The UN's final IPCC report warns that drastic action must be taken immediately, but staving off disaster is within humanity's grasp.
7,000-year-old cult site in Saudi Arabia was filled with human remains and animal bones
Animal and human remains were excavated from a mustatil, an ancient desert monument believed to have been used for ritual practices in Saudi Arabia.
Asteroid feared to hit Earth in 2046 will almost certainly miss, NASA says
An asteroid that was initially given 1-in-600 chance of wiping out an entire city on Valentine's Day 2046 is now expected to almost definitely whizz past us without incident.
2 pairs of gigantic runaway black holes spotted on collision course, and they’re bringing four entire galaxies with them
Astronomers used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to spot two pairs of gigantic black holes set for two separate, first-of-their-kind collisions.
‘Extremely rare’ fossilized dinosaur voice box suggests they sounded birdlike
A fossilized ankylosaur voice box reveals that these beasts may have sported a far more sophisticated vocal range than scientists originally thought.
Asteroid feared to hit Earth in 2046 will almost certainly miss, NASA says
An asteroid that was initially given 1-in-600 chance of wiping out an entire city on Valentine's Day 2046 is now expected to almost definitely whizz past us without incident.
Da Vinci’s mother was an enslaved teenager trafficked to Italy, new documents suggest
A new collection of documents found within the State Archives of Florence suggests that da Vinci's mother was an enslaved girl kidnapped from the Caucasus.
Stunning plasma-winged ‘butterfly’ coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun’s far side
Astronomers spotted a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) expanding its ethereal wings as it barrelled out of the sun and toward Mercury.