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Photo: freepik Researchers at Stanford University have analyzed the DNA of Chihuahuas , the world’s smallest dog breed, and found evidence that they share genetic material with coyotes, ScienceAler

Photo: Stemonitis/Wikimedia Commons Scientists say they may have solved a long-standing geological mystery beneath Italy’s Apennine Mountains , where the Earth’s crust is stretching along the mount

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC) Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally massive and dense planet that could challenge existing theories about how rocky worlds form, Space.com reports. Th

Photo: Trivalairat et al., 2026 Scientists have discovered a new species of tiny lizard high in the mountain forests of western Thailand, with features that resemble a mythical dragon, SciTechDaily

Photo: Ollila et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 2026 In 2025, NASA’s Perseverance rover used a laser to analyze light-colored rocks scattered around Jezero Crater. Researchers did not expect anything unu

Photo: freepik Ant colonies may suddenly synchronize their movements after reaching a critical threshold, according to a new mathematical model developed by researchers. Ants in a colony normally m

Photo: Joshua Worth з Creative Commons CC-BY license Astronomers have for the first time identified a possible reason why some massive galaxies in the early Universe suddenly stopped forming new sta

Photo: Dawid Adam Iurino/PaleoFactory/Sapienza University of Rome Scientists at Stanford University have uncovered new details about the largest mass extinction in Earth's history, suggesting th

Photo: ZN A genetic analysis of more than 500 modern human genomes has revealed evidence of two previously unknown extinct human populations whose DNA survives in people living today. Researchers d

Photo: Henry Ry/Pexels Scientists have identified what may be a dedicated sensory organ responsible for triggering the urge to scratch: fine vellus hairs , commonly known as "peach fuzz." T

Photo: freepik An exceptionally well-preserved fossil of an early snake discovered in Brazil has enabled scientists to reconstruct the brain anatomy of a Cretaceous species, offering new insights in

Photo: Unsplash Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a fluoride-free gel that can regenerate damaged tooth enamel by using calcium and phosphate naturally present in saliva to

Photo: Getty Images Astronomers have made their strongest detection yet of an atmosphere surrounding a potentially habitable rocky exoplanet, marking a major milestone in the search for life beyond

Photo: NASA Scientists have identified the first known landslides on Pluto using images captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby, providing new evidence that the dwarf

Photo: Unsplash Scientists have found new evidence that the earliest RNA molecules may have been able to repair themselves before complex proteins evolved, offering fresh insight into one of the key

Photo: NOAA Vents Program Scientists led by Andrea Verolino of Paris-Saclay University have discovered 73 previously unknown volcanic calderas on the ocean floor using artificial intelligence, accor

Photo: NASA NASA is continuing development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) , a next-generation space telescope designed to become one of the agency’s flagship astronomy missions in the co

Photo: Orion Venero/Adamala Lab Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they have created synthetic cells entirely from scratch and, for the first time, observed their complete life cycle,

Photo: JAXA Earth may avoid destruction when the Sun reaches the end of its life, according to new research that challenges long-standing predictions. Using advanced computer models, scientists foun

Photo: Joshua Worth via Creative Commons Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have shown that galaxies became surprisingly massive within the first billion years after the Big Bang. Yet on

Photo: Rafael Chacón A rare dwarf fox believed to have disappeared from the wild has been rediscovered on Mexico’s Cozumel Island, giving scientists new hope for the survival of one of the region’s

Photo: Getty Images Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why mosquitoes bite some people far more often than others. The answer appears to lie in a complex chemical “cocktail” produc

Photo: Getty Images Scientists have identified a mineral never before found in samples from Mars after examining a meteorite that traveled from the Red Planet to Earth. While studying the Martian m

Photo: Mateusz Klimek/ Jarosław Puszko Researchers have uncovered the oldest known evidence of plague infecting humans, identifying the bacterium Yersinia pestis in the remains of Stone Age hunter

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech A new study suggests that a long-lost planet may have once existed in the early Solar System and could have been roughly the size of Mars — or even slightly smaller — before

Photo: Illustration by Lewis LaRosa, colorized by Jão Canola Chinese scientists have discovered the partial remains of a feathered dinosaur with four wing-like limbs, shedding light on the early evo

Photo: Getty Images NASA has officially concluded the mission of the MAVEN spacecraft after losing contact with the probe in December 2025, bringing to an end more than 11 years of atmospheric resea

Photo: pixabay A critical floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier—often called the “Doomsday Glacier”—may be on the verge of breaking away, potentially accelerating the destabil

Photo: NASA The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a dark, scorched world that resembles Mercury or the Moon, but is about 30% larger than Earth, according to Science Alert. The exoplanet, k

Photo: Getty Images Scientists in South Korea have uncovered evidence suggesting that asteroid impacts may have played a far more complex role in the emergence of life on Earth than previously thoug

Photo: colossal/Instagram A new artificial egg technology developed in the United States has produced 26 healthy chicks, marking a major step toward the possible revival of the extinct giant moa, Reu

Photo: freepik Researchers have found that the Great Pyramid of Giza possesses several structural features that have helped it withstand vibrations and earthquakes for thousands of years, Reuters re

Photo: Patchanop Boonsai Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of a massive long-necked dinosaur in Thailand that lived around 120 million years ago, during a time when the region had a sem

Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose Diego (IFCA), Jordan D'Silva (UWA), Anton Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri) Researchers from

Photo: Qiaomei Fu, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Scientists studying 400,000-year-old proteins have uncovered a surprising twist in the huma

Photo: freepik Scientists know that the Moon formed after a massive collision between the early Earth and a planetary body called Theia. But more than 50 years after the Apollo 17 mission, astronome

Photo: Tom Bjorklund Researchers from the University of Montreal and the University of Cambridge suggest that the key factor behind the survival of modern humans over Neanderthals was not superior i

Photo: Getty Images A new DNA study of ancient burials has revealed significant population mixing in Europe following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, according to reports cited by Reuters.

Photo: solar-system Mount Etna is over half a million years old, yet this massive stratovolcano on Sicily remains highly active — and scientists have finally explained why. Rising to about 3,400 me

Photo: European Space Agency Scientists have discovered a विशाल ring-like geological structure on Mars that resembles the residue left in a bathtub after water is drained. According to researchers,

Photo: freepik.com Our neighboring planet Venus has an extremely dense atmosphere composed of about 95% carbon dioxide, creating surface temperatures of up to 464°C and pressure around 92 times high

Photo: NASA Scientists have found that craters near the south pole of the Moon that have spent the most time in shadow are likely to contain the highest amounts of water ice. These deposits were mos

Photo: enovosty Antarctica is on the brink of an environmental crisis, with emperor penguins and several marine mammals now officially listed as threatened due to rapid ice loss and food shortages d

Photo: unsplash.com Scientists have discovered a previously unknown type of cell that appears only during pregnancy and may play a key role in how the placenta develops — though its exact function r

Photo: Getty Images NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have safely returned to Earth after completing their nine-day mission, with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Orion spacecraft landed off the coa