Small creek, massive magnet—what we pulled up was completely unexpected. We’re still trying to figure out what it is… can you ...

Michael Mann, a leading climate scientist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has gained recent attention due to ...

The latter won’t surprise anyone who’s watched any of the Alien movies. At the show’s heart will be a question that’s ...

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.

A photo of a mysterious feature on Saturn’s moon that has baffled scientists is now going viral. The planet is some 793 ...

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy ...

"This article discusses these actions, some of their legal implications, and the litigation challenges that have already been ...

Space enthusiasts and families across the U.K. will have the chance to contribute directly to climate science through an ...

An image of the Earth's "oceanic hemisphere" has caused a major stir on social media, freaking out many users. Viewed more than 33 million times, the post shares a photo of the planet not commonly ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled reentry into Earth's atmosphere after a failed Venus mission. While Russian authorities indicated it fell into the ...

"The upper stage didn't work right and it left just the probe in orbit around the Earth," said Smithsonian astronomer Jonathan McDowell. Parts of the rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere in ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled ...