This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Autumn Equinox: The Science Behind the First Day of Fall. A ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

You still may be able to spot the Milky Way's galactic center in the night sky across the US, but time is running out.

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

Fall equinox 2025 arrives on Monday 22. Find out why the first day of autumn still features a little more daylight than ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

The autumnal equinox is right around the corner! Fall officially begins on Monday, September 22nd at 2:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, a paleoentomologist at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, also not involved, ...

The first amber deposits in South America containing preserved insects have been discovered in a quarry in Ecuador, reports a ...

New research suggests that a mystery platinum signature found in Greenland’s ice may have come from a volcanic eruption in Iceland.

The discovery in Ecuador of multiple pieces of insect-bearing amber —112 millions of years old—has opened a window to the secrets of a prehistoric forest. At this time, during the Cretaceous era, ...