A mysterious meteorite, discovered in Northwest Africa in 2023, is challenging what we know about the solar system’s history.

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There are a couple potential explanations for distinctive markings found on a Martian rock, but new evidence suggests they ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Curiosity rover cracked open a Martian rock, revealing a sight never before seen on Mars - a dazzling display of yellow ...

The Sargasso Sea, located in the North Atlantic Ocean, is a mysterious place due to its unique seaweed formations and unpredictable waters. A sonar image of the Baltic Sea anomaly reveals an ...

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz is a senior editor at Smithsonian magazine. She was previously a senior editor at the Atlantic. A new book examines the evolution of the American workplace, interrogating ...

Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats descend on Kasanka National Park for a few months, and scientists are working to understand their mysterious ... to spike in Mars’ spring season ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission has successfully returned samples from the moon’s far side, opening a new phase of the nation’s lunar space race with the U.S.

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Water once existed in abundance of at the surface of Mars. How much of that water has been stored in the planet's crust is still unclear, according to a new ...