New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

(via Astrum) The future of NASA is changing. A proposed budget cut, the largest in the space program’s history, threatens to cancel missions and gut decades of progress. What happens when the world's ...

Supernova destroying planet, illustration. A rocky planet lies in the wake of its star, which has just gone supernova. The explosion shatters the planet. A complete census of massive stars in our part ...

The Late Devonian represents a critical interval in Earth’s history, marked by a profound restructuring of marine biodiversity and a series of mass extinction events. This period witnessed extensive ...

1998 was a banner year for disaster films involving large celestial bodies set to collide with planet Earth. Supposedly more scientifically accurate than its more financially successful counterpart, ...