Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle colliders in the universe — and they're strewn throughout our ...

The new image shows one galaxy piercing another with intense quasar radiation. Astronomers likened the violent galaxy ...

The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to come.

Researchers have located the wrecks of two long-lost military vehicles on the seafloor a few miles from San Diego: an ...

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved ...

The universe has been expanding for 13.8 billion years, but this may not go on forever. According to some theories, we may be ...

The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

A groundbreaking new supercomputer model shows how magnetic fields shape the turbulent flow of charged particles in space.

Open wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean depths.

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...