Having a single copy reduces lifespan by up to one year, while individuals having both copies stand at risk of...

At this point, it's pretty clear that a significant object smashed into Jupiter. The whole thing was captured on film...

A few years ago, the Cassini spacecraft made a surprising discovery: there are geysers erupting on Saturn's moon Enceladus, spewing...

It tells the story of a disappointed Babylonian customer who was shipped low-quality copper ore. The letter, written in cuneiform...

Researchers studying the Moon's ice have found evidence that Earth's moon wandered off its original axis roughly 3 billion years ago....

When researchers started raising 48 bacteria species aboard the International Space Station, they weren't really sure what to expect. They...

Five new studies describe Pluto and its atmosphere, showing that Pluto is much more active and complex than previously thought,...

Astronomers have discovered a new species of galaxies in the cosmic wilderness.

Scientists trained healthy volunteers with good eyesight to read Braille and found the visual cortex was connected to the tactile...

Swiss physicists have developed a new model to chart the early development of the Universe in better detail than ever...

Looks matter a lot. One recent research suggests that short men and overweight women earn on average £1,500 ($2,100) less...

When the MESSENGER spacecraft found carbon rich material on Mercury, researchers were surprised and couldn't quite explain the source. Now,...

One study estimates that over the next 35 years, nine African countries would have to spend $98 billion to $261...

Researchers have documented a more familiar curiosity: what dust particles on a comet look like.

NASA and ESA astronomers have pushed the Hubble telescope more than ever before.

Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to planet Earth on Thursday, after a landing in which everything went smoothly, as expected.

Astronaut Scott Kelly is returning home after a year in space, aboard the International Space Station. While there, Capt Scott...

Today is homecoming day for a record-setting crew. Three Expedition 46 crew members from the International Space Station are finishing packing...

Unearthed in southern China, this ancient fossil bears the most detailed and well preserved nervous system ever found.

“My intention is to build up a permanent base station on the Moon,” Jan Wörner, Director General of the European...

Alistair Evans of Monash University in Australia took a refreshing look at hominid teeth evolution. He found human evolution was...

Research narrowed down Planet Nine's orbit and confirmed there indeed seems to be a massive planet in the far reaches...

In what has to be one of the strangest declassifications, three Apollo astronauts on 1969’s Apollo 10 mission heard strange “music”...

Crash boom bang! Our planet and another protoplanet may have collided head-on in their early history.

New data provided by the New Horizons mission showed that water ice on Pluto is much more common than we...

China's National Space Administration released a trove of images from their lunar rover and they're spectacular. We're talking hundreds of tantalizing,...

Europe's laser communication network has taken off!

A duo of astronomers from CalTech may have found another planet, far away in our solar system.

Juno is part of NASA's New Frontiers program that wants to get up-close and personal with several planets in our solar system....

For the first time in history, astronomers have solid clues of water ice on a comet, confirming what many theories...

The star was observed for the first time in June, but it's still radiating massive amounts of energy, making it...

Pluto's 'Viking area' put in context - The new composite image shows features as small as 1,600 feet (480 meters)...

The Milky Way has been around for at least 13.7 billion years, but it has its younger and older areas.

Fresh discoveries made by the Kepler mission remind us that there's a myriad of potentially habitable planets just waiting to...

Old-school letter writers will be able to adorn their envelopes this year with nice images of all the planets in the...

Researchers have developed a novel way of calculating the gravity of distant stars, helping determinate if a planet is capable...

Many ancient civilizations made astronomical notes, but according to researchers, this is the earliest historical document of naked eye observations...

It's the closest Earth-like planet we've ever discovered: Wolf 1061c lies in the habitable zone, joining a very elite list of...

After months of delays and years of underfunding, the US Congress finally revealed its plans for funding the federal government...

NASA just released an infrared composite image of Saturn's largest moon, constructed from images taken by the Cassini probe.

For the first time, we are about to grow flowers above the atmosphere.

Attraction to someone can tear you apart, metaphorically, but if you're the Martian moon Phobos, attraction can tear you apart...

Just like predicted, astronomers observed a flare ejected out of a black hole... but they don't know exactly why.

NASA figured out how Mars transformed from a lush environment to a red desert.

NASA just loves to hype up its announcements, but so far, they've never disappointed.

It's a remarkable landmark for the International Space Station (ISS) - it's been successfully orbiting the Earth for 15 years.

Saturn's moon Titan has some odd similarities to Earth: it has clouds, lakes and rain, except they're made of methane...

Usually, when we hear something about IndieGoGo, we're excited; it's either an innovative product, a service, or something awesome. Not...

Cod fisheries around the US, and especially in the Gulf of Maine have reached catastrophic levels - only 3% of...

For the first time, astronomers have detected primordial oxygen gassing out from a comet