A long-term study in a park in the Republic of Congo in Africa has shown that, surprisingly, wild chimpanzees and gorillas will seek out particular individuals of the other species to play with and ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a huge asteroid famously hit the Earth, causing the extinction of dinosaurs and about half of ...

Experts on meteoritics and palaeontology have created a detailed timeline to take you back to the very last day of the ...

A great Tyrannosaurus rex strides through the conifer trees of her territory, sniffing the air. She picks up the scent from ...

A mysterious comet from beyond our solar system is giving astronomers a rare glimpse into alien worlds — and it may have formed in a place far colder and stranger than anything around our Sun. The ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS has much more "heavy" water than comets that formed in the solar system, according to a new study. Hans Anderson, Michigan News Our time with our interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, ...

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Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) has been getting closer to the Earth and sun as April progresses, and Nevadans could see it at its clearest tomorrow, April 17. The comet is potentially the brightest of ...

In a rare cosmic treat and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, stargazers can spot a vividly bright and rare comet through April 2026 — though the best time Comet PanSTARRS is visible is Friday morning, ...

A newly discovered comet, C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), is set to pass by Earth this week. The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on April 27, coming within 44 million miles. It may be visible to ...