The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky ...

Australia is home to some of the world's most beautiful reefs. This includes the lush Great Southern Reef, which wraps around Australia's southern coastline, and the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef.

The pangolin is a midsize mammal found only in Africa and Asia. The pangolins' scales make them unique, but these scales have ...

For years, Darwin residents have been concerned about toxic chemicals emitted by the city's two gas export facilities. In ...

Shock-absorbing sneaker soles are likely made of polyurethane, a highly elastic and tough polymer. The ability of these ...

An analysis of fossil teeth from mammals that lived in China following the most recent major mass extinction suggests size came before both shape and function as diets diversified.

"I hate you. You're the worst mum in the world!" It's a sentence that can feel heartbreaking to parents. You try to set a boundary with your little one, and they lash out with "I hate you." ...

A new study by a doctoral researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, suggests global dust storms on Mars may organize the Martian atmosphere ...

A mathematical problem that had remained unsolved for more than 10 years in the physics of complex systems has finally been ...

Italy on Tuesday put on display one of the best known examples of Etruscan painting, panels from a tomb that it acquired for ...

The world's oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Nino and ...

The earliest evidence of spiders' fangs has been identified in a 518-million-year-old fossil by scientists at the University of Leicester and Yunnan University.