An analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests these extinct humans possessed thumbs better suited for power grips, as opposed to precision grips, which could mean...
A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with soil samples and data that could provide clues to the...
The distance between our Solar System and Sagittarius A*, the 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, is approximately 25,800 light-years....
In the 1920s, giant solar power stations floating in space that beam down enormous amounts of energy to Earth was just a concept — until now.
The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea was triggered by a decade-long build-up of pressure in the upper parts of the volcano.
The night sky is giving stargazers an early holiday present.
Paleontologists in Madagascar have identified a new genus and species of enantiornithine bird that had a long and deep beak, a morphology that was previously unknown...
The Nov. 29-30 penumbral lunar eclipse will be a minor moon event.
Trees will start to shed their leaves earlier as the planet warms, a new study has suggested, contradicting previous assumptions that warming temperatures are delaying...
Black holes are thought to gobble up so much surrounding material that they put an end to the life of their host galaxy. In that process...