However, some of Earth’s oldest fish called coelacanths make it out unscathed. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 There was likely not a single definitive cause of this period of mass ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

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Science News: Millions of people across the world will turn off non-essential lights for an hour on March 22 to observe Earth Hour 2025, a global movement aims at raising awareness about climate ...