Science

U.S. space agency NASA confirmed Monday that water exists on the sunny side of the Moon, albeit in very small amounts. According to a new study in the journal Nature ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. probe that collected a sample from an asteroid earlier this week retrieved so much material that ...

After nearly being wiped out from illegal killing, the return of the white-tailed eagle to England has made ...

MOSCOW—A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International ...

The depiction of what appears to be a reclining feline has been discovered carved into the side of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily ...

Canada’s telecommunications regulator has given Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) a licence allowing the company to ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) Oct. 13 to formally establish an interagency council for the ...

STOCKHOLM—Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to ...

STOCKHOLM—Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the ...

STOCKHOLM—Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton jointly won the Nobel Prize ...

So far, the year 2020 has been unusual to say the least. That 2020 will welcome 13 full ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole alongside a large underground ...

TORONTO—A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the breathtaking spectacle of "veil-like" ribbons ripping through space at incredible speeds—the ...

At first, it looks like nothing more than a dry crumpled leaf, but on closer inspection, the unmistakable ...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has urged the Department of Justice to investigate potential Chinese and Russian efforts to ...

Humanity will for the first time have the chance to find out if we can deflect an asteroid, ...

The British government pledged a million pounds ($1.3 million) on Wednesday to tackle dangerous “space junk,” which could ...

The perfectly preserved remains of an Ice Age cave bear have been discovered in the Russian Arctic—the first ...

WASHINGTON—Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine ...

President Donald Trump signed an order to extend a ban on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Bulked-up, mutant “mighty mice” held onto their muscle during a monthlong stay at the International Space ...

It's been 14 years since the world lost Steve Irwin, and his loved ones are remembering his life ...

Researchers have conducted a successful maiden flight of the "Flying-V," a futuristic and fuel-efficient airplane that could one ...

American birdwatchers may know the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) as a decent-looking bird at best, with its glossy ...

A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car. Sky Drive Inc. conducted the ...