Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

We need to take the popular belief in alien visitations seriously, one researcher has argued – not because it could be true, ...

The discovery of an Earth-mass planet around a white dwarf based on gravitational microlensing could offer clues to the ...

If you’ve ever looked up at a mostly blue sky and seen straight white lines criss-crossing the horizon, or watched a plane ...

Despite achieving virtually all of the possible successes one could in the music world, the members of Earth, Wind & Fire are quick to point out that they wouldn't be here today if not for the ...

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew of four civilian astronauts is set to attempt the first-ever commercial spacewalk.

The results are in line with theory — but the key to an accurate measurement was understanding how dusty the galaxy is.

At the White Earth Land Recovery Project facility, brothers Wayne (sitting) and Gordon Stevens harvest some wild rice on lower Rice Lake. The band says it needs to regulate irrigation on its ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday harmlessly burned up in Earth’s atmosphere the same day, NASA said. The asteroid — about 3 feet (1 meter) across — was spotted by ...

Friday night, and then spent roughly six hours flying back to Earth before successfully touching down at New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor just after midnight.