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Nearly 40 years after lifting off, NASA's historic Voyager mission is still exploring the cosmos.

In March 1945, 83 German prisoners of war escaped a prison camp in South Wales.

Archaeologists excavating a site in Reina, in the Lower Galilee region of Israel, have uncovered what they believe was a production site for the manufacture of stone mugs and bowls that were used by Jews in the area who adhered to very strict purity laws 2,000 years ago.

Scientists have successfully altered a major behavior of two species of lab ants by deleting a single gene.

It's not quite "Jurassic Park," but the public will be allowed to watch paleontologists prep a 3,000-pound Tyrannosaurus rex skull "live."

The South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) is warning citizens in several of its counties to be vigilant of paranormal activity associated with the upcoming total solar eclipse.

If you get the angle just right…it makes a river look like it’s on fire.

A Rochester Hills woman was tragically attacked by a hippopotamus on an African safari and ultimately passed away from her injuries.

Federal researchers studying critically endangered North Pacific right whales sometimes go years without finding their subjects. Over the weekend they got lucky.

As the US prepares for a total eclipse of the sun here is a look at previous eclipses around the world

A carved human bone from an archaeological dig in the U.K. is offering new insight into the grisly culture of prehistoric cannibals.

The skull of an infant ape buried by a volcano 13 million years ago has preserved intriguing clues about the ancestor humans shared with apes — including a likely African origin, scientists say.

A giant star near the center of our galaxy hints, once again, that Albert Einstein was correct about gravity.

Walk across a beach's wet sand, and you'll leave behind imprints that briefly hold the shape of your feet before blurring and falling apart.

The moon will block the sun in a total solar eclipse on Aug. 21.

A newly-named dinosaur species that was as heavy as a space shuttle has been declared the largest ever by experts.

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a close look at the fascinating gravitational effects caused by a diminutive dwarf galaxy as it orbits its massive neighbor.

Is it now safe to go back into the water?

Getting a photo of the solar eclipse on August 21 won’t be as easy as taking any other picture, experts say.

While the continental U.S. is eagerly awaiting the solar eclipse, solar energy plants are preparing for that brief moment when the moon passes between the earth and the sun.