Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their ...

One of the most important sites in Islam's history has now been identified and surveyed, owing to US spy satellite images ...

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...

“I thought this is a good chance at having a crack at trying to find it,” Deadman said. As a first step, he plotted a series ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

The 3,000-year-old map places the Ark beyond Mesopotamia, in an unknown land where jewels hang from trees instead of fruit.

A new study suggests that extreme temperatures could lead to a mass extinction event, ending the reign of humans and mammals ...

The new Atlas of the Human Planet reveals 50 years of global population growth and urbanization trends, providing insights ...

The 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool’s gold. The new species has been called Lomankus edgecombei, and is distantly ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...