Science

Astronomers said the new findings are critical to understanding how common it is for an Earth-like environment to exist elsewhere in the universe.

Oppenheimer, who died in 1967, led the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

NASA's Juno spacecraft's mission to Jupiter has set its sights on the moon Io. 

A coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike, a Russian space official said Thursday.

Some Americans will have clear skies during the meteor shower, but cloudy weather will make stargazing a challenge for many other people across the country.

What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket.

Officer Curtis Worland was fatally attacked after trying to keep a group of muskoxen away from a dog kennel near his home.

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain.

Scientists have been struggling to harness the fusion reaction that powers the Sun for more than half a century.

If an asteroid were to strike New York City, have you ever wondered how many people would be instantly vaporized? Then this morbid, interactive map is for you.

Scientists have discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland.

Australian researchers searched deeper than scuba divers and submarines could go and found some never-before-seen specimens.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has selected eight people as crew members for his private flight around the moon on a SpaceX spaceship.

It was another seemingly routine mission for SpaceX, which has now launched over 3,000 small satellites into space as the company builds out its Starlink constellation. But this time, the payload belonged to OneWeb, something of a Starlink competitor.

Unlike most other Alzheimer’s prevention trials, this one will enroll people up to 25 years before the expected onset of dementia. Some participants could be as young as 18.

Winter is coming, for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway.

It’s an iconic photo of our home planet: The wispy white clouds and ice caps swirling with the blues and tans of the land and sea – all standing in stark contrast to the blackness of space. But you may not know the full story behind this unique view of Earth.

A mountain lion was euthanized last weekend after terrorizing a Sonoma County home. The lion dragged the dog outside, then returned a day later and killed two goats, the homeowner said.