That left even sober scientists to speculate ... “The main takeaway is that Oumuamua is consistent with being a standard interstellar comet that experienced heavy processing [in space ...

A team of astronomers and citizen scientists has discovered a planet in the habitable zone of an unusual star system, ...

It’s an X-rated question many of us have pondered at some point when wandering around a museum: why do men in Greek statues all have a small penis? While the anatomy of Greek gods depicted in ...

This scenario of how the Earth's moon came to be is the one largely agreed upon by most scientists. But the details of how exactly that happened are "more of a choose-your-own-adventure novel ...

A cursory look on Google will turn up results like a book entitled "The Oak Island Mystery Solved: The Final Chapter ... that ...

Urine sprayed by cats has always had a much stronger odor than normal urine, and now researchers know why. Cats communicate with others by producing various scents. Spraying is one such behavior.

Today’s mammals are the product of 200 million years of evolution, but scientists aren’t sure exactly how features of modern mammals came to be. A twin pair of studies published in the journal ...

We still don't know. The circular arrangement of its stones and their alignment with night-sky phenomena have, however, long perplexed scientists. Numerous efforts have been made to decode the ...

A mystery that has puzzled the scientific community for over 50 years has finally been solved. A team has discovered ... in millions of diverse molecules. Scientists previously believed that ...

Now scientists have discovered that a dune called Lala Lallia in Morocco formed 13,000 years ago. Star dunes are created by opposing winds that change direction. Understanding their age helps ...