A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, astronomers claim they have directly measured the magnetic fields of multiple planets beyond our solar system — potentially providing a crucial new tool in the search ...

NASA has confirmed that a bright fireball meteor exploded in the sky over New England on Saturday (May 30), releasing the equivalent energy of about 230 tons of TNT and generating a sonic boom heard ...

A 2015 astronaut photo shows dark-orange water that appears to bleed across the bright-white floor of a high-altitude salt ...

The Euphrates River fueled the "cradle of civilization," and a new study reveals the waterway was born of two other ancient ...

Physicists used quantum bits to achieve perfect randomness for the first time ever. The results of their research could ...

A genomic study of Greenland sharks, thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet, is hinting at the secrets to ...

The Gessel gold hoard is among the largest treasures ever discovered in prehistoric Europe but has only three pieces of ...

The Crystal Ball Nebula has captivated astronomers for more than 200 years, and it offers a bittersweet glimpse of a dying ...

In honor of the 700th-anniversary founding of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria Pedralbes in Barcelona, scientists opened ...

Researchers in Japan have created a device that promises to boost computer processing speeds, without generating massive ...

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