Extended mission will pair Hubble Space Telescope with James Webb Space Telescope, giving astronomers a powerful new toolkit for exploring the universe.
Its extended mission will pair the Hubble Space Telescope with the James Webb Space Telescope, giving astronomers a powerful new toolkit for exploring the universe
New Study finds African lake is suffering from overfishing and climate change
Roundworms infect more than 800 million people worldwide, but researchers have found clue that could help boost resistance to parasite
As international mining industry begins to explore ocean depths for new resources, biologists developing a picture of seabed's ecosystem, finding surprising variety of life that could be disrupted
Evolution in action: birds that feed on beeswax and humans who gather honey work together in Mozambique
Ninety-day operation stretched into six-year mission, paving way for later Red Planet rovers like Opportunity and Curiosity
Models predict that despite warming temperatures in West Africa, decreased rainfall will keep malaria transmission rate steady
Could cosmic rays from an exploding star 300 light years from Earth have caused evolutionary and geological changes?
Flu shots are always recommended, but doctors now say they're even more important for anyone who will be in close proximity to a newborn
New evidence suggests volcanic eruptions and asteroid impact 150,000 years later caused two dramatic spikes in global temperature, which together, meant doom
Review of ocean conditions five years after nuclear meltdown shows radiation spread much like models had projected and is at levels that aren't harmful to humans
Are we programmed to get grumpier as we age?
Earliest mammals needed to be active and alert in the dark to survive
First-ever detection of methanol in disk around very young star offers researchers ‘missing link’ in creation of comets and planets
Kepler Space Telescope finds largest planet ever orbiting two stars
European Space Agency's craft successfully tests technology for future gravitational-wave observatories in space
As our world gets brighter and brighter, the Milky Way, once a huge part of the night sky, is getting harder and harder to see