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A 900-year-old Viking chess piece that was bought for less than $10 in the 1960s has been sold at auction for $924,000.

The possibility that Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life has strengthened after researchers determined its ocean is likely 1 billion years old, placing it in the sweet spot.

Ceres , the closest dwarf planet to Earth, may be wrinkling as it shrinks, a new study finds.

The world’s first total solar eclipse since 2017 darkened the heavens over Chile and Argentina, as tens of thousands of tourists and locals gaped skyward Tuesday.

Archaeologists have uncovered a stunning 1,600-year old Biblical mosaic in northern Israel.

A 1-year-old arctic fox trekked more than 2,000 miles – forging across vast expanses of sea ice – from Norway to Canada in just 76 days, setting a new record and stunning scientists.

Ahead of the Fourth of July, NASA is showing off an impressive fireworks display that really is out of this world.

Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the foundations of the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey — a relative of King Henry VIII and Queen of England for nine days in July 1553.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins reflects back on the historic Moon landing as the 50th anniversary approaches.

A stunning total solar eclipse will plunge a swath of South America into darkness Tuesday in the world’s first total solar eclipse since 2017.

A North Carolina man made a rare prehistoric find last week while taking a stroll along a beach.

A Montana park goer captured a rare sighting last week in what biologists say is a one in 100,000 chance occurrence. 

Techniques developed by astronomers to understand space could help fight against breast and skin cancer, according to new research.

When the solar system's first-known interstellar visitor was spotted on October 19, 2017, scientists scurried to observe the strange object.

NASA has successfully tested the launch abort system for the Orion crew capsule designed to take astronauts to the Moon.

British auction house is auctioning off several Apollo 11-related items, including the flight plan used on board and the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book, a manual deemed to be the "most important manual used" to put "a man on the Moon." 

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The incredible ruins of an ancient palace in Iraqi Kurdistan have emerged from the waters of the Tigris River.

A set of original videotape recordings of the Apollo 11 Moon landing that were bought for $217.77 at a government surplus auction by a former NASA intern in the 1970s could raise up to $2 million when they are auctioned this month.

The biggest dinosaur ever discovered just wishes you'd drop him a line.