The rocket explosion, a contender for the largest in American history, is a significant setback for Jeff Bezos and NASA.

A weird 20-legged machine could change how scientists think about the ideal robot form. For decades, roboticists have been ...

Radio astronomer Emma Chapman explains why the radio view of the universe is so crucial to space exploration, astronomy, and ...

West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises.

The space agency described the moon base as a sprawling city-like lunar outpost stretching over hundreds of square miles.

Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could finally explain it: the moon is heating ...

A new needle-free technology isn't ready to replace blood draws, but it could serve as a screening tool to flag people who ...

Scientists have invented a self-cleaning coating that prevents stains from food, oil or dirt from sticking to a fabric's surface, making the spots easy to remove without detergent or large amounts of ...

The newly described mosasaur Tylosaurus rex spanned up to 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have been one of the fiercest ...

Experts say the Ebola outbreak raging in Central Africa could be challenging to contain due to ongoing conflict in the region and a lack of vaccines and international aid.

This funerary shroud was made from thousands of multicolored beads and woven to represent a human face and a large scarab ...

Bizarre Venus surface formations (or coronae) are likely key to understanding our twin planet's heretofore inscrutable ...