Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on ...

Learn about the climate changes that followed the end-Permian extinction, allowing select species to take over the planet's ...

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...

In July 2009, Judy Meikle, at age 57 and of Winnetka, Ill., received the heart of Benjamin Kopp, a 21-year-old Army Ranger corporal from Rosemount who died eight days after being shot during a combat ...

The parts that prohibited medical assistance in dying would no longer be valid. The Supreme Court gave the government until June 6, 2016, to create a new law. In June 2016, Parliament passed federal ...

A white dwarf in the Helix Nebula may have destroyed a planet, explaining decades of unexplained X-rays. Astronomers believe the planet drifted too close, was torn apart, and its debris now fuels the ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

‘Icarus of the deep’: PREMA ARASU explains how a dying anglerfish became a social media sensation. In February, researchers ...