The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder ...

Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...

This week, marvel at giant tube worms living beneath hot springs on the ocean floor, watch SpaceX catch a rocket booster, ...

Recently published research looks at the possibility that rainwater played a crucial role in stabilizing early cells, paving ...

For a long time, scientists have debated what caused the dinosaurs to die out 66 million years ago. Was it a huge asteroid or ...

Scientists have found that after the asteroid wiped out many plants, ants started farming fungi to help them survive and get ...

The 550-million-year-old Quaestio simpsonorum is the first fossil to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.

Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial chemicals.

Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of energy. Fusion reactors aim to reproduce on Earth what happens in the cor ...

The sun has reached its "solar maximum period," which is a state of heightened activity in its 11-year solar cycle. It's ...