A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New evidence confirms that it was caused by an asteroid or comet impact about ...

Göbekli Tepe may have been intentionally buried by its builders—12,000 years ago. New theories suggest some pillars at the site mark time, track lunar months, and even align with the Taurid meteor ...

Almost 13,000 years ago, North America underwent drastic changes at a rapid rate. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, and many other large animals went extinct. Around the same time, the Clovis ...

New study highlights origin of comet that brought reign of dinosaurs to an abrupt end. A new study led by the scientists of Harvard University has put forth a new theory that coul ...