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The planned orbital illumination system seeks to deliver sunlight after dark.

For decades, scientists suspected the Sahara wasn’t always as dry as it is today. Now, evidence preserved deep underground inside an ancient cave is finally providing answers.

Archaeologists excavating the foundation of a historic house in Russia discovered 409 coins buried before the revolution in 1917.

Like whale blubber, oil as a dominant source of energy will gradually be phased out over the next decades. Here's what that transition may look like.

NASA’s University Innovation (UI) project funds university-led innovation to address the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s system-level challenges via independent, NASA-alternate-path, multi-disciplinary awards. Strategic Goals The UI portfolio’s strategic goals in descending order

The discovery of a handgun from 1390 found in Germany reveals that portable firearms were used earlier than thought in late medieval Europe.

"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

Far above Earth’s storms, astronauts spotted a brief flash of light that appeared where lightning is not supposed to exist.

A stone being used in the foundation of an old barn in the Czech Republic turned out to be a Bronze Age spearhead mold.

Sunday night, around 7:00 PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and rained chunks of space rock down on the region around Koblenz. One of the largest known...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.

NASA citizen scientists have identified a fast-moving object traveling at 1 million miles per hour

Live Science spoke with Rob Dunn, an applied ecologist and author of the book "The Call of the Honeyguide," about "mutualism" — how different species team up for their mutual benefit — and how humans can feel more connected to nature.

Researchers found a protein that stops aging, and it might just let humans reach 200 years old very soon.

Ghostly, invisible, and happening above every forest in a storm, scientists have finally filmed what trees have been hiding all along.

Workers digging at a construction site in China struck massive bones locked in 147-million-year-old rock.

The night sky is full of wonder. Here's what to look out for tonight.

"Observing 3I/ATLAS is like taking a fingerprint from another solar system."

A woman's rare condition made it unlikely for her to conceive without reproductive assistance, but in her case, she eventually bore a child without fertility treatment. .

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples could upend a major theory about how these extreme pairs form.