Fox Science

NASA's eventual goal is to put astronauts on Mars, but the space agency's Curiosity rover is keeping it busy in the meantime. In a new blog post, NASA said that Curiosity is still exploring the Gale Crater and uncovering the mysteries of the "clay-bearing unit," where it's using its tools to drill into the Martian soil.

California’s lone wild wolf pack has added at least three new pups, bringing the total number of gray wolves in the state to at least seven after the species was wiped out in the 1920s, wildlife officials said.

GENEVA (AP) — Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth's land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a new United Nations scientific report says. That creates a vicious cycle which is already making food more expensive, scarcer and less nutritious.

Scientists have produced vodka made from crops grown in the abandoned zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion.

Sudden shrieks of radio waves from deep space keep slamming into radio telescopes on Earth, spattering those instruments' detectors with confusing data. And now, astronomers are using artificial intelligence to pinpoint the source of the shrieks, in the hope of explaining what's sending them to Earth from — researchers suspect — billions of light-years across space.

The U.S. Air Force's X-37B military space plane has now been circling Earth for 700 days, just a few weeks shy of the vehicle's spaceflight-duration record.

The last reversal of Earth's magnetic poles happened long before humans could record it, but research on the flow of ancient lava has helped scientists estimate the duration of this strange phenomenon.

Pictures have surfaced of a baby koala wearing a wee little arm cast after the mini marsupial fell out of a tree in Melbourne, Australia.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted a perfectly sideways galaxy 44 million light-years from Earth, known as NGC 5866.

Astronomers have spotted 39 enormous galaxies that are billions of light-years away from Earth, creating large numbers of stars the size of our Sun. They've also identified several other celestial objects previously unknown to humanity.

When you look up at the moon, there may now be a few thousand water bears looking back at you.

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Viking drinking hall on a remote island in the Scottish Orkney archipelago.

Some 24 million acres of natural lands have been destroyed in the United States over a period of 16 years, according to a new study.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pledged that as president he would disclose government information about aliens and unidentified flying objects. 

Selfies could have a vital health purpose beyond simply boosting your self-confidence or showing off your post-workout gains.

Two recently discovered "Earth-like" exoplanets could have liquid water on their surfaces and potentially support life, according to a new study.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant's massive "sarcophagus," which covers its radioactive reactor, is being dismantled due to the fact that it might collapse.

An extremely rare 1894 dime, one of only 24 minted, is expected to sell for over $1 million when it is auctioned next week.

An unfortunate deer covered with tumors has been caught on camera by a photographer in southwestern Minnesota.

A Florida woman taking a stroll through her neighborhood was shocked to find an invasion of Blue Land Crab scattering across the street.