Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

Many of the world’s most beautiful beach towns started as ancient ports, bustling with trade, sailors, and cultural exchange.

While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

Ancient Mars once teemed with flowing rivers, forming vast drainage systems. A new study has mapped these large basins, ...

Earth's atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published in the ...

Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for ...

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists today published fresh chemical evidence of Earth’s earliest life – concealed in 3.3-billion-year-old ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover, in its exploration of Mars, has unearthed potential signs of ancient life within Martian rock. This discovery may represent the most compelling evidence to date of past life ...