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The early origins of domesticated cats are shrouded in mystery, but a new genetic analysis suggests that felines traveled the world with farmers and Vikings

A U-2 spy plane that crashed in northern California earlier this week, killing one of the two pilots, focused attention on a normally clandestine aspect of the U.S.

In 1950, a collection of 29 tablets was discovered in the ruins of Ugarit, an ancient city in the northern region of present-day Syria, but only one had survived the intervening centuries well enough to be deciphered.

Water vapor plumes estimated to be as tall as 125 miles are possibly erupting into space from the surface of Europa, a moon around Jupiter, NASA announced on Monday.

In northwest Ecuador, scientists have discovered a new species of ant— and they found it in the stomach contents of a frog.

The largest radio telescope in the world is getting ready to start listening to the cosmos now that it’s finished, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced.

In 1950, a collection of 29 tablets was discovered in the ruins of Ugarit, an ancient city in the northern region of present-day Syria, but only one had survived the intervening centuries well enough to be deciphered.

Humanity should be wary of seeking out contact with alien civilizations, Stephen Hawking has warned once again.

The team behind the record-breaking Solar Impulse 2 plane is looking to harness the aircraft’s technology for a new solar-powered satellite.

The University of Delaware has removed a reference from its website that described Climate Professor John Byrne as sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Junk Science reports.

Even with all of the advancements in modern technology, we still haven’t made contact with intelligent life on other planets. But what if our attempts to communicate have been ignored?

New research suggests that the title of world's oldest civilization goes to the indigenous populations of Australia and Papua New Guinea.

A giant blob of gas and dust far off in the universe mysteriously glows bright green, and astronomers have finally figured out why.

Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting two stars 8,000 light years from Earth, NASA announced on Thursday.

While all modern humans originated in Africa around 200,000 years ago, scientists have long debated on exactly when and how we spread across the globe.

It’s been dubbed "music for aliens," but the Voyager golden record, sent into space on NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 in 1977, was as much "a gift to humanity" as it was "a gift from humanity to the cosmos," per a Kickstarter campaign.

The wreck of the British warship HMS Warrior — the "last shipwreck" from the Battle of Jutland during World War I — has been discovered near Norway

Pigeons may be sometimes likened to "flying rats," but these birds are no dummies, according to a new study.

In a significant archaeological achievement, an ancient Hebrew scroll that was burned in a fire in the distant past and was seemingly indecipherable has finally become readable.

In a significant archaeological achievement, an ancient Hebrew scroll that was burned in a fire in the distant past and was seemingly indecipherable has finally become readable.