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20 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 15, 2026.
Fourteen tail vertebrae and a set of chevron bones from a single animal, excavated at La Tejería in Teruel, place the giant as a close relative of Diplodocus hallorum. The find, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, redraws the Late Jurassic map.
WatchAbout 60,000 people breached the border of the Spanish enclave in North Africa over two days. By Saturday the government said most had returned to Morocco, and it began building a 500-meter barrier into the sea.
Spain's border with Morocco at the Tarajal crossing 'totally collapsed' Thursday, a Civil Guard official said. Bodies could be seen in the water as crowds swam around the coastal barriers.
Madrid's regional president calls it the worst fire in the region's history, while France's interior minister says the evacuation around Bordeaux is probably the largest the country has carried out in peacetime.
A blaze in southwestern France claimed two firefighters’ lives while a fire in Spain’s Guadalajara province burned uncontrolled for a sixth day, forcing more than 1,200 people from their homes as extreme heat gripped the continent.
Ferran Torres struck early in the second period of extra time and Spain's record-setting defense held firm against 10-man Argentina to claim the 2026 title at MetLife Stadium.
Enzo Fernandez equalized from 20 yards and Lautaro Martinez headed home in stoppage time to send Lionel Messi's side to a second straight final, where it will meet reigning European champion Spain on Sunday.
Mikel Oyarzabal's first-half penalty and a second-half strike from Pedro Porro carried Spain into the 2026 final, where it will meet the winner of England and Argentina.
Four of soccer's heavyweights survived a dramatic knockout round on U.S. soil, setting up a blockbuster final four in Dallas and Atlanta ahead of the July 19 final in New Jersey.
Victims were found in burnt-out cars as they tried to outrun flames that swept through the Andalusian countryside during a punishing heatwave.
On the centenary of Antoni Gaudi's death, the pope celebrated Mass at the Barcelona basilica and consecrated its newly completed Tower of Jesus Christ, crowned by a five-story ceramic cross.
In an unprecedented speech to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, the American-born pope demanded respect for migrants and the unborn and drew a standing ovation lasting nearly seven minutes.
Snagged in fishermen's nets in 1990 near Benicarló, the corroded iron hoard was long filed away as ancient Roman. New radiocarbon dating places it in the late 1300s and early 1400s.
The first American pope warned Spaniards that their centuries-old faith must not become 'a museum of the past' as he opened a weeklong journey that will include a historic address to Parliament.
Spanish investigators believe the Ursa Major may have been struck by a Barracuda supercavitating torpedo — a weapon possessed by only a handful of elite militaries, including the United States — in what could be a rare Western intervention to halt nuclear technology transfers to Pyongyang.
Paleontologists in Teruel province have recovered the most complete Dacentrurus armatus skull ever found in Europe and proposed an entirely new evolutionary group, Neostegosauria, to make sense of where the plated dinosaur fits on the family tree.
Passengers and crew leave ship in small groups as health officials coordinate international repatriation efforts through Monday.
Trump's decision to launch the Iran war without consulting NATO — followed by his 'naughty and nice' list punishing Spain and the U.K. — is driving Brussels and Berlin toward independent defense planning, including a revived Franco-German nuclear umbrella.
The Spanish government will receive the Dutch-flagged vessel in the Canary Islands as three passengers with possible symptoms were evacuated Wednesday morning.
Madrid barred US use of Naval Station Rota and Morón Air Base, then closed all Spanish airspace to American military aircraft, adding 25-35% to US bomber flight times.