News

  1. Astronomy

    Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunted Milky Way planet formation

    High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Paleontology

    A mysteriously large pterosaur finally has an identity

    A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t a new species. It is an odd specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri.

    By Jake Buehler
  3. Climate

    Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier remnant

    Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.