This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious Planet Nine, and more.

The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

The International Space Station - a blazing symbol of humanity’s destiny to move out across the cosmos - must be saved from ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

In this case, a majority of those fragments had a muddy brown color, which was a result of staining from sediment that got ...

This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada's Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment.

The changes in Absolute Superman aren’t limited to just Superman himself, but extend to Krypton as a whole. Issue #1 opens ...

On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now-iconic image of Earth, sometimes called the “blue marble.” Our National Air and Space Museum explains how it became an inspiration and symbol ...

Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered. Researchers conducting a careful analysis of proto-cuneiform symbols were surprised ...