The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony, but one of this year's two honorees could not attend for a reason unique to all past enshrinements. Bernard Harris took to the stage, but Peggy Whitson was preparing for her next launch.

In the case of flightless birds, the biggest isn’t always the most terrifying. It is the third-biggest flightless bird that you really need to be wary of.

There's not much hustle and bustle on Mars.

What if time didn’t tick the same everywhere? A recent study uncovers a place where time seems to move 9% slower – here’s what the research reveals.

Analysis of early human bone fossils reveals adaptations for climbing trees and manipulating stones millions of years ago.

A neuro-scientist believes we should take tickling research more seriously—and is working in a new University tickle lab to get some answers.

A 183-million-year-old fossil with preserved skin and scales is rewriting everything we thought we knew about how ancient sea monsters looked, moved, and evolved.

Scientists are still debating whether the human brain is capable of growing new cells past childhood.

Fossil tracks from Australia reveal reptiles appeared 40 million years earlier than thought. The origin of reptiles on Earth may be up to 40 million years earlier than previously believed, based on new evidence from a significant fossil site in Australia. Fli…

An ancient quasar has unleashed a radio jet so vast it dwarfs the Milky Way!

Researchers say rock was carried more than 650 feet from the Tongan coast

A stunning fossil discovery in Spain has revealed the most complete stegosaur skull ever found, rewriting the evolutionary history of these iconic plated dinosaurs.

Tree roots turned out to be something much more.

Scientists say blood vessels under skin cause wet fingers to wrinkle the exact same way each time

Astronomers have spotted something strange: a mysterious object that keeps emitting dual X-ray and radio wave pulses every 44 minutes.

Ancient galactic light warped by gravity.

Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the second time a tidal disruption...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

"This is the first time we have been able to observe the polarization of a magnetar in an active state."

Expert Steve Cousins says the fossil is believed to be around 170m years old.

Arctic ocean is warming at record pace, threatening collapse of AMOC and heightening risk of severe coastal flooding in eastern U.S. states.

A unique property has hit the market, offering a divine opportunity for homebuyers.

MIT physicists froze a mirror using lasers in a daring bid to catch gravity behaving like a quantum force — and it just might work.

Mars is not safe either.