The shiny objects—each roughly twice the size of a basketball—began to appear on July 3. Authorities initially worried that ...

New observations of WD 1856 b, a gas giant closely orbiting a white dwarf, offer a preview of what could happen to Jupiter ...

A gold ring unearthed at the Don Yai Thong archeological site in Thailand is engraved with what experts think is Brahmi, an ...

A new study found that enormous dipterocarp trees have special adaptations to transport water up to their highest limbs, ...

Bernardo de Gálvez indirectly contributed to the Continental Army’s victory at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. A rare painting of ...

Previously, researchers created electrical implants to control cockroaches' movements for search-and-rescue missions. Now, ...

New research indicates "Homo floresiensis" probably wasn't hunting big game or using fire on Flores Island, suggesting the ...

If you consider yourself an art history buff, test your smarts with Anthropeum. The game pulls 10 images from the Met's ...

Sending a man to the moon required an overhaul of the entire space program, involving more powerful rockets and new ...

This November, visitors to the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles will get to see the "ready-to-launch" ...

Seals, penguins and fish are featured in the nonprofit’s annual competition to inspire care for the world’s oceans ...

The pictures, on the competition's shortlist, reveal the remarkable celestial objects that lie above our heads, both in deep ...