SCIENCE

The satellite ABI instrument photographs Earth in visible and infrared light to detect water vapor and clouds, but in order to perform up to the mark, its detectors have to be cooled.

The observation, which is one of the highest-resolution works in the history of astronomy, was made possible with the help of a cool, lightweight brown dwarf star orbiting just 2 million kilometers away from the pulsar.

The mystery, one of the greatest in the world, still remains unsolved, but a new expedition launched by an international team of scientists could finally find the answer.

The early solar system might have been chaotic for the ringed planets' peculiar moons.

Last time, the first stage of this rocket was used for the U.S. Air Force’s classified Zuma mission.

Their numbers have been declining due to an increase in illegal poaching for human consumption.

Homo sapiens makeup just 0.01 percent of all life on Earth but have destroyed wildlife and plants on an unimaginable scale.

A new paper called for more research to investigate the link, if any, between incidence of cancer among wild animals and the probability of human activity being a cause for the disease.

Once astronauts venture beyond Earth’s magnetic field, they are at risk of being exposed to cosmic radiation 1,000 times higher than what they experience on our planet, which can lead to memory impairment.

Researchers ran models to see how the cosmic rays from ancient supernovae would have interacted with our atmosphere and affected life on the planet.

Unlike planets and a vast majority of space objects in the solar system, the newly-discovered asteroid is moving in the opposite direction around sun, in a retrograde orbit.

The magpie bridge will help beam data from the moon's far side to Earth.

The effort could help scientists understand the quantum properties of atoms at extreme temperatures.

The satellite will observe different regions of the cosmos over the course of two years in search of exoplanets.

The effort would prove critical for understanding formation and development of stars as well as the evolution of galaxies.

As per theories, Planet Nine could be 10 times the mass of Earth and 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune.

Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia will scour depths of the cosmos, including the chaotic center of our galaxy.

The new species discovered included tiny animals such as tanaids, dozens of new algae, and black wire coral that measures up to two meters high.

Friday's launch will be the first for Orbital ATK since a 2014 launch failure.

Opinion is divided about the merits of trying to imbue machines with human-like learning capabilities.

The Cygnus spacecraft has been named the "S.S. Deke Slayton II" for the mission.

According to a new survey, over the past decade, climate change has forced a large number of people from three Pacific island nations -- Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru -- to flee their countries.

The spacecraft will use two cubes to try to detect these elusive ripples in space-time.

Minnesota's medical marijuana program is currently one of the most restrictive in the country, and this change could add thousands of patients.

Federal funding for the country's National AIDS Control Program was slashed by a fifth earlier this year -- a decision that was roundly criticized by health activists.

The footprints found in lagoon-type sediment provide evidence that sauropods spent some time in the water.

A little over a year later, Orbital ATK gets ready to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.

For employees and volunteers at Planned Parenthood and other women's health clinics, the threat of harassment and violence is always there.

Winter weather advisories were in place from central Nebraska to northwest Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota.