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This ancient marsupial thrived 15 million years ago on a diet of escargot.

Ancient Carnivorous Marsupial Feasted on Snails 15 Million Years Ago

May 29, 2016 08:32 AM EDT

Remains of a carnivorous marsupial was found in Australia that possessed strange teeth, indicating it devoured snails for its diet.

Young Man of Byrsa (life reconstruction)

DNA from Ancient Phoenician Man Reveal European Ancestry

Ana Verayo |

May 29, 2016 07:33 AM EDT

The first genome sequencing of a 2,500 year old Phoenician man provides evidence that Phoenicians possessed European ancestry.

WATCH: SpaceX's Third Successful Rocket Landing at Sea

Ana Verayo |

May 29, 2016 06:02 AM EDT

For the third time in a row, SpaceX successfully completed an ocean landing, where its Falcon 9 rocket launched a communications satellite and returned to complete a vertical landing on a droneship.

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was installed on the International Space Station April 16, 2016.

Expandable Space Habitat Fails to Inflate at Space Station

Ana Verayo |

May 27, 2016 06:12 AM EDT

NASA announced how its new expandable space habitat that is connected to the International Space Station failed to inflate.

Here we are looking at the head of Chasma Boreale, a canyon that reaches 570 kilometers (350 miles) into the north polar cap.

Mars is Finally Coming Out of an Ice Age

Ana Verayo |

May 27, 2016 04:32 AM EDT

New radar images reveal polar ice changes in Martian poles, suggesting that the Red Planet is finally emerging from its Ice Age.

Trees can trigger natural cloud seeding.

Natural Cloud Seeding From Trees Can Unlock Clues About Earth's Climate

Ana Verayo |

May 26, 2016 09:03 AM EDT

Two new studies reveal how cloud seeding process from tree has not been considered for global climate models, changing the way we think about our climate.

A 3D reconstruction of the structures in the Bruniquel Cave.

Neanderthals Built Mysterious Stone Rings Inside a Cave 176,000 Years Ago

Ana Verayo |

May 26, 2016 07:45 AM EDT

New findings reveal evidence of stone rings inside a French cave, that dates back to 176,000 years back, revealing a hidden Neanderthal culture.

This storm is recorded at 7000 frames per second and the playback speed is 700 frames per second.

Watch Incredible Lightning Strike Video at 7000 Frames Per Second

Ana Verayo |

May 26, 2016 04:20 AM EDT

Researchers used a high speed camera to capture lightning strikes, revealing stunning footage of this natural event.

Lasiognathus dinema: female in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Meet the Top 10 Newly Found Species of the World

Ana Verayo |

May 26, 2016 03:25 AM EDT

From incredible, alien plants to tortoises, monkeys and even a human ancestor, SUNY-ESF reveals the top 10 newly discovered species of 2015.

Using data from the LAMP instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters — one (right) 16 million, the other (left) between 75 and 420 million, years old —

Two New Craters Revealed on 'Dark Side of the Moon'

Ana Verayo |

May 25, 2016 07:55 AM EDT

NASA scientists reveal two "newly formed" impact craters on the other side of the moon, revealing clues about the solar system's evolution.

Biodegradable plastics only degrade into microplastics creating more pollution.

UN Report: Biodegradable Plastic Just a 'False Solution' to Pollution

Ana Verayo |

May 25, 2016 07:13 AM EDT

A new UN report reveals how biodegradable plastic is only a false solution as these plastics still take a long time to degrade.

Location of the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front (white contour), with -1 degree Celsius sea surface temperature lines (black contours) on Sept. 22 each year from 2002-2009, plotted against a chart of the depth of the Southern Ocean around Ant

The Bizarre Reason Why Antarctic Ice is Increasing While Arctic Ice is Melting

Ana Verayo |

May 25, 2016 06:10 AM EDT

New radar data from NASA reveals how ice in Antarctica is increasing despite Arctic ice is rapidly melting due to global warming.

Monster Supermassive Black Holes Come from Collapsing Cosmic Clouds

Ana Verayo |

May 25, 2016 04:06 AM EDT

New data from NASA's space telescopes reveals how black holes form big already from collapsing clouds instead of starting from small, and expanding rapidly.

See how energy from our young sun – 4 billion years ago -- aided in creating molecules in Earth's atmosphere that allowed it to warm up enough to incubate life.

Violent Solar Flares Triggered Life on Earth

Ana Verayo |

May 24, 2016 06:22 AM EDT

Astronomers believe that violent solar storms sent energetic solar particles towards Earth, creating a greenhouse effect in the atmosphere, thus making suitable conditions for life.