Around the middle of the epoch, we reached what is called the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO), a roughly two million year-long greenhouse period when the world experienced its last period of ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

Earth may have cooled during a close encounter with dense star clouds. Interstellar dust from the Orion region might have shaped our ancient climate.

This timeframe aligns well with the Middle Miocene Climate Transition, a significant shift from a warm variable climate to a cooler climate, leading to the establishment of a continental-scale ...

In ancient China, spring rains were called "as precious as oil" for their vital role in nature's spring revival. Today, a ...

Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...

European Miocene hominids and the origin of the African ape and human clade. Evolutionary Anthropology 21, 10-23 (2012). Behrensmeyer, A.K. Climate change and human evolution. Science 311 ...

Late Miocene magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in the Mediterrenean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 136, 475-494 (1995). Kuper, R., and Kröpelin, S. Climate ...

Multi-day storm strikes U.S. with tornadoes, dust storms and extreme fire weather conditions NASA astronauts Butch and Suni return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space ...