China's space agency has opened up a first round of applications for researchers to borrow its Chang'e 6 lunar far side ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Two Iowa nursing homes with a history of staffing shortages have been added to a federal list of the nation’s worst care ...

Earth" planet pretty close to us, just outside our solar system! This planet, called Proxima Centauri b, orbits our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. It’s called a "Super-Earth" because it’s ...

The Luxome Luxury Sheets earned our highest recommendation as the best cooling sheet set. The sateen fabric is lightweight, ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

Beneath the waves of the South Pacific lies Zealandia, a submerged landmass spanning nearly two million square miles. Often ...

Knee replacement surgeons may be inadvertently setting patients up for poor outcomes, according to a study that suggests a ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

A remarkable aspen forest that sprouted from a single seedling makes "the Roman Empire seem like a recent phenomenon." ...