Scientists have long speculated that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is not alone. Now, thanks to ...

Called osteoderms, the chain mail-like plates may have helped some species adapt to Australia’s harsh environment ...

With the capital's reservoirs approaching historic lows, officials are turning to ancient engineering to conserve potable ...

A trio of the 17th-century Dutch painter’s works featuring women writing and receiving letters is on display at the recently ...

A visitor recently ate the banana from Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," which was on view at the Center Pompidou-Metz. The ...

Because of the moon’s position, Earth is rotating just over a millisecond faster than usual on a few days this summer ...

As a young girl growing up in the 1960s, Patricia Matos-Puente wanted to be an astronaut. Her interest in space was sparked ...

But T. rex was also the last of its meat-tearing family. The earliest tyrannosaurs evolved about 166 million years ago. In ...

In the 20th century, actresses and royals alike donned delicate dresses woven with spun-glass threads. More recently, ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a tag the size of a grain of ...

An analysis of a roughly 180-million-year-old fossil fin reveals serrations and flexibility that might have served to dampen ...

The iconic prop, which is expected to fetch up to $3 million, will be sold in September alongside other pieces of movie ...