Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It's Not Pretty. : ScienceAlert Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would be in for, hinting at what […]

Supermassive Black Hole Caught Doing Something Never Seen Before : ScienceAlert As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate. But, even in its supposed quiescent state, […]

Great White Sharks Scared From Their Habitat by Just 2 Predators : ScienceAlert There is no sea creature whose name inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the great white shark. With its sleek body optimized for hun […]

Something In Earth's Core May Be Altering The Length of Days Earth’s day-night cycle is defined precisely, each a span of 24 hours before the next begins. Such is the yardstick by which we live our lives, […]

Skin Mites That Mate on Our Faces at Night Are Gradually Merging With Humans If you are reading this, you are probably not alone. Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives […]

The Oldest Evidence For Water on Mars Reveals It Was Extremely Hot : ScienceAlert There was water on Mars as early as 4.45 billion years ago, just a short time after the planet formed from the leftover dust of the growing […]

Curiosity Cracked Open a Rock on Mars And Found a Big Surprise : ScienceAlert A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled […]

Ghostly Creature Deep in The Ocean Is Like Nothing We've Seen Before : ScienceAlert Picture yourself sinking, slowly, beneath the waves. As you fall, the Sun becomes smaller, and dimmer, and dimmer still. The cold waters crush in […]

Stunning Footage Reveals Ocean Floor Absolutely Teeming With Spider Crabs : ScienceAlert Off the coast of Chile and Peru, along the entire western length of South America, the seafloor takes a sharp, steep plunge deep into the Pacific […]

Vampire Bats Run on Little Treadmills to Reveal How They Metabolize Blood : ScienceAlert If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Gee I sure would like to see some vampire bats on treadmills,” then do we have the science for you. That’s exactly […]

In a First, Scientists Found Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation : ScienceAlert The constant ebb and flow of hormones that guide the menstrual cycle don’t just affect reproductive anatomy. They also reshape the brain, and a study […]

This Skeleton Is The First Person Ever Found From a Norse Saga : ScienceAlert “They took a dead man and cast him into the well, and then filled it up with stones.” So declares the 800-year-old Norse Sverris Saga, an accounting […]

New Simulations Suggest Planet Nine Might Not Be a Planet at All : ScienceAlert In the outer Solar System, far from the light and warmth of the Sun, things can get a little… hinky. There, clusters of rocks have been orbiting i […]

Stunning Astronomical Observatory Unearthed in Ancient Egypt : ScienceAlert A ruined building in Kafr El Sheikh was where ancient Egyptians once stood, gazing at the stars above. More than 2,500 years ago, the building […]

New Biomaterial Could Finally Repair Damaged Cartilage in Injured Joints : ScienceAlert The body is pretty good at repairing itself, but some parts of our anatomy struggle to bounce back after an injury. One such material is cartilage […]

520-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Larva Found With Preserved Brain And Guts : ScienceAlert Every now and again, our planet ponies up a fossil so spectacular that almost all you can do is gape in wonder. Sometimes those fossils are the […]

Gobsmacking Study Finds Life on Earth Emerged 4.2 Billion Years Ago Once upon a time, Earth was barren. Everything changed when, somehow, out of the chemistry available early in our planet’s history, something […]

Chemistry Discovery on Mars Hints at The Origins of Life on Earth A little over a decade ago, a robotic rover on Mars finally uncovered an answer to a pressing question. It’s now clear that the red planet does, […]

Strange, Glowing Shapes Identified in Jupiter's Atmosphere Saturn has its famous hexagon, and Jupiter has just now been caught throwing mad shapes too. High up in its atmosphere, astronomers have […]

Cosmic Shrapnel That Killed The Mammoth Is Buried Deep, Scientists Claim For hundreds of thousands of years, the wooly mammoth thrived on Earth, measuring its stately tread across the frozen reaches. Then, something […]