A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...

Webb Telescope captures stunning new images of HH 30, revealing a dynamic protoplanetary disc where planets form.

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

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On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

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The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...