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Research has shown that time in space can increase the risk of cancer and trigger gene mutations. But a new study has found that one crucial part of the human body remains unaffected by zero-gravity.

Say "cheese!" NASA’s InSight Mars Lander has snapped its first selfie from the surface of the Red Planet.

Life on Earth takes billions of shapes , but to see most of them you'll have to dig deep below the planet's surface.

Robert Ballard, the man who found the remains of the Titanic, said in a recent report that his discovery was part of a "top secret" deal made with the U.S. Navy in order to help elude Russia in the 1980s.

Scientists have made a fascinating discovery on asteroid Bennu thanks to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

MOSCOW (AP) — Two Russian cosmonauts were preparing to venture outside the International Space Station Tuesday to inspect a section where a mysterious leak has been discovered.

The remains of the famous Revolutionary War frigate USS Bonhomme Richard have been discovered off the coast of the U.K., more than 200 years after it sank following a naval battle.

The megalodon may have been the largest marine predator to ever live, growing up to 60 feet with teeth nearly the size of a standard sheet of paper, but a new study suggests it succumbed to one foe that caused it to go to extinct — itself.

The end of the Permian period, around 252 million years ago, was a dire time for life on Earth.

Researchers are putting a global network of the most precise timekeepers ever made to the task of hunting for dark matter, the invisible and largely intangible substance that researchers think makes up about five-sixths of all matter in the universe.

A pattern of small holes cut into the floor of an ancient rock shelter in Azerbaijan shows that one of the world's most ancient board games was played there by nomadic herders around 4,000 years ago, according to an archaeologist who has investigated the find.

David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ alter ego would be impressed … NASA has released the first-ever audio recording from the surface of Mars.

NASA has made history once again, as its Voyager space probe has entered interstellar space, only the second man-made object ever to do so.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship made a special delivery at the International Space Station Saturday (Dec.

If you want to survive the "Game of Thrones," it pays to be noble, female and flexible about the concept of loyalty.

Over the past few days, several media outlets have reported on a centuries-old claim that the Ark of the Covenant — which allegedly held tablets recording the Ten Commandments — is inside a church in Aksum, Ethiopia, called the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, and that only the "guardian" of the ark is allowed to see it.

The adorable red male hit the headlines in 2015 when photos of his muscly body and enormous biceps circulated online.

The Columbus Zoo in Ohio has officially added a new member to its animal kingdom: An Asian elephant, which was born early Thursday morning.

Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird in the world, recently laid an egg at age 68.

A manatee was found dead near a drainage area in South Carolina this week, an unusual occurrence as these sea creatures typically migrate south in the search for warmer water during the winter.