At around 620 miles high, these subsurface “islands of rock” stand more than 100 times higher than Mount Everest’s summit of around 5.5 miles, ...

The earliest known dinosaur fossils date to around 230 million years ago, and have been found in southern Brazil, Argentina, and Zimbabwe. The current wide gap between the first two locations and the ...

To account for the numerous gaps in the fossil record, they treated the parts of the world where fossils have not been uncovered as missing information rather than designating them areas where no ...

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary destruction: apparently ...

Six planets are aligning with four visible to the naked eye in late January. Here's how to find them in Michigan.

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Panorama of Nearest Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars On a crisp, clear autumn night, you can see the most distant object visible to the naked eye — the stunning Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky ...

In other words, homeowners switching to solar means a cleaner, healthier community intermixed with significant savings. The ...

All of our solar system's planets are lining up to take part in a rare and awesome event in the night sky - this is when and ...

Astronomers measure a star’s brightness using the apparent magnitude system, where lower values indicate brighter stars.

While four members of this 'parade' can be easily spotted in a clear dark sky, finding the final two can be something of a ...

Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets appear close together in the night sky from Earth. These ...