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Archaeologists in Greece may have made a fascinating discovery in an ancient palace on the island of Crete.

The fossil of a 96-million-year-old pterosaur has been discovered in the Australian outback.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spotted a giant black spot on Jupiter that stretched 2,200 miles across the surface of the gas planet.

The iconic image of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin looking at the flag on the surface of the Moon has been given a new lease on life after an amateur photographer restored the image to reveal Aldrin's smiling face.

The home to all life as we know, the Milky Way galaxy, is on a "collision course" with its cosmic neighbor, Andromeda, according to a new study. But you needn't fret, astronomers say — it won't happen for about 4.5 billion years. 

Since 1750, humans have disrupted Earth's carbon cycle more severely than have some of the most cataclysmic asteroid impacts in history — and, new research suggests, the long-term effects on our planet (see: out-of-control global warming, ocean acidification, mass extinction) could be much the same.

What's it like to see the world as a soaring eagle sees it? This week, humans will find out.

Scientists have discovered organic molecules containing nitrogen and oxygen on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, according to a new study.

A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows giant "bubbles" of dust and gas bursting with new star formation many light years away.

If a pandemic was sweeping across the globe, where would you want to be in order to stay safe, not get infected and -- if it unfolds like a bad dystopian movie -- avoid being devoured by the disease-carrying zombies?

Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of Roman jars on an ancient shipwreck off the Spanish island of Mallorca.

The complete fossilized skeleton of a shark that existed more than 350 million-years-ago has been discovered for the first time, a find researchers say is "unprecedented."

Experts are unlocking the secrets of an ancient ‘Viking’ treasure trove that was discovered in Scotland.

MADRE DE DIOS, Peru (AP) — Destruction of the forests can be swift. Regrowth is much, much slower.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a long-lost 2,200-year-old ancient temple linked to Pharaoh Ptolemy IV.

NASA's InSight lander recorded the first-ever "Mars quake" in April. Nearly six months later, the lander has picked up more "peculiar sounds" on the Red Planet.

In a startling interview, NASA's chief scientist Jim Green, Ph.D., has said the space agency is close to "making some announcements" about finding life on Mars — but that we're not ready for it.

In 2017, astronomers were startled to find a peculiar object in the solar system.

A gigantic iceberg broke off Antarctica recently, but scientists say the incident is part of a normal cycle and not related to climate change.

That's one hungry old tree.