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If humans ever find aliens, chances are that those otherworldly organisms will look nothing like us, but they may bear a closer resemblance to some of our simpler Earthly neighbors: microbes.

Seasonal changes in an alien planet's atmosphere could signal the presence of extraterrestrial life, new research suggests.

An asteroid the size of New York City's Statue of Liberty is expected to buzz by Earth Tuesday, and this time, scientists are ready and waiting.

For the second time this year, a giant hairy sea creature has washed up on a beach in the Phillipines, causing locals to flock to the beach to snap pictures of the mysterious "blob" that many have dubbed a "globster."

The famous saying goes that "everything is bigger in Texas," but that also appears to apply to a wildfire that was so intense on Friday it created a severe thunderstorm.

Archaeologists have unearthed the final resting place of an ancient racehorse among the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy.

The discovery of an ancient type of crocodile that lived during the Jurassic Period, at the height of the age of dinosaurs, has shed new light on the species.

The case for a giant plume of water vapor wafting from Jupiter's potentially life-supporting moon Europa just got a lot stronger.

NASA and the Cassini team have given us another gorgeous blast from Saturn's past.

NASA will include a small, autonomous helicopter in the agency's upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission, officials announced today (May 11).

The ingenuity of our stone-age ancestors never ceases to amaze.

A tiny but proficient jumper named Kim is the first spider ever trained by scientists to leap on demand.

Amid all the commencement ceremonies taking place at colleges across the country, one particular commemoration on Friday featured a guest who was literally out of this world.

A mushroom hunter's discovery of a conjoined white-tailed fawn in a Minnesota forest two years ago is being hailed by researchers as a landmark case among oddities in nature.

The eruption of a Hawaii volcano in the Pacific "Ring of Fire" has experts warily eyeing volcanic peaks on America's West Coast that are also part of the geologically active region.

Hawaii County Civil Defense officials on Friday widened the radius of their warnings as volcanic instability on the Big Island roared on.

SpaceX successfully launched its upgraded 'Block 5' Falcon 9 rocket Friday afternoon, carrying Bangladesh’s first satellite into orbit.

SpaceX successfully launched a rocket Friday afternoon, carrying Bangladesh’s first satellite, in a second attempt to launch its upgraded workhorse rocket.

The long-simmering argument about Pluto's planethood has just flared up again.

A French family managed to escape a coalition of hungry cheetahs unscathed after the tourists exited their vehicle to snap pictures of the wild animals — and the heart-stopping moment was caught on tape.