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Scientists at the University of Central Florida have combined with Honeybee Robotics to develop a spacecraft powered by steam.

Apparently, dogs may have been man’s best friend in North America for quite some time. A new study suggests that domesticated dogs have been on this side of the Pacific for roughly 10,000 years.

The life of a rare calico lobster was spared last month when a seafood market owner in Maryland thought it was "special" — but it was much more special than they thought.

A long-lost photo album containing extremely rare pictures of Jane Austen’s family has surfaced on eBay, where it was bought for $1,000.

A tick-covered carpet python was almost unrecognizable last week after a snake catcher rescued it from a pool.

Millions of people across the world will witness a partially red-tinted night sky as a rare celestial event arrives this weekend: a "super wolf blood Moon" eclipse.

China exchanged data with NASA for its recent historic mission to land a probe on the far side of the Moon, officials said Monday.

The longest-ever U.S. government shutdown, which has caused 800,000 federal workers to go without paychecks, led TSA workers to call out sick and sparked protests across the country, is also having a negative impact on scientists. 

An ancient whale twice the length of today's orcas once chowed down on other whales in the Eocene epoch's seas.

More than a century after it sunk into the sands of a Northern France beach, a German submarine from World War One has been unearthed.

Portions of an overcast sky in southeast Brazil are painted with tiny black dots — and no, it has nothing to do with birds.

A woman in Pascagoula, Mississippi, hoping to locate her missing cat came across an estimated 7-foot gator lurking in a storm drain instead.

Mathematicians have discovered a problem they cannot solve.

Experts have unlocked more secrets of the mysterious ancient monuments on Easter Island.

With his wide face, short snout and huge underbite, Kenny the rare white tiger makes a strange spectacle.

A new paper published by astrophysicists at Villanova University suggests that the planet that orbits Barnard's Star – known as Barnard b – could have the potential for extraterrestrial life if water exists on the planet. That's due to the possibility of geothermal heating, which could create an ocean for primitive life.

Last June, an incredibly bright supernova known as "The Cow" ripped across the sky, hovering above the Earth for a number of weeks. While The Cow provided significant excitement for astronomers, who learned it traveled 200 million light-years, new research suggests that it is indeed the witness of the birth of a black hole or neutron star, a first in the history of mankind.

The crumbs left over from a supermassive black hole's recent meal have allowed scientists to calculate the monster's rotation rate, and the results are mind-boggling.

An instrument aboard the International Space Station has helped reveal how black holes release brilliant flares of X-rays, a new study finds.

Citizen scientists unveiled a distant exoplanet that is believed to be roughly twice the size of Earth and located within its star's habitable zone.