Science

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.TheEuropean Union SpaceSurveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, bas[...]

Cracking the dolphin code.Dolphins are one of the smartest animals on Earth and have been revered for thousands of years for their intelligence, emotions and social interaction with humans.Now Google [...]

A Dallas-based company claims to have brought back wolves that last roamed the Earth more than 12,500 years ago and became widely known due to the hit HBO series"Game of Thrones."Colossal Biosciences [...]

Warning: This article contains graphic pictures.Reader discretion is advised.Stunning pictures show a femalebaby mammoth,dating back over 130,000 years, recently being dissected by Russian scientists.[...]

A mysterious spiraling blue light illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday.The cosmic whirlpool was captured in stunning video and appears to have been created by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket b[...]

What happens when an octopus jumps ona sharkfor a ride around town? A "sharktopus," of course.The rare sighting, captured on video off the coast ofNew Zealandand shared by scientists affiliated w[...]

Even astronauts have a sense of humor, as shown during NASA's Crew-10 docking on the International Space Station (ISS), when they were met by an "alien" early Sunday morning.Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vag[...]

NASA 'Athena' lander set to touch down on moon's surface A lunar lander made its touchdownon the moonearlier on Thursday, but controllers on the ground were unable to confirm the Athena lander’s [...]

A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other equipment todeliver for NASAtouched down on the moon on Sunday, the latest of several companies seeking to kickstart business on Earth's natur[...]

Mars' distinctivered color comes from the mineral ferrihydrite, which only forms in the presence of cool water, a new study claims. Ferrihydrite also forms at a lower temperature than other miner[...]