WATER

A huge reservoir of water engulfing a quasar, or a feeding black hole billions of light years away in outer confines of the universe, has been detected by scientists.

Astronomers have found a massive water vapor cloud, floating around a black hole in the universe.

Astronomers have discovered a massive water reservoir, floating around a black hole in the universe.

A heat wave is gripping the United States with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. With weather this hot, we've got some tips for staying cool on this hot summer day.

Texas A&M oceanographers say that the dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico off coastal Louisiana will likely grow in 2011, and may even triple in size.

A ship called Queen of Lakes was found sitting erected with its three masts (extending as much as 100 feet upward) at the bottom of Lake Ontario 105 years after it first sunk.

Chances are you've enjoyed a refreshing Gatorade or Powerade at some point in your life, perhaps after working out or playing sports. But would you be quite as eager to drink that energy drink if you knew it got its origins from urine?

Lightning caused by a severe thunderstorm produced two strikes near NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launch pad. Meanwhile, the shuttle's launch preparations continue as scheduled.

Global warming and the melting of the polar caps is worse than previously thought, according to a new study from the University of Arizona that appeared in Nature Geoscience.

A green sea turtle washed off dead on far North coast of New South Wales beach in Australia with over 300 pieces of plastic debris lodged in its guts.

A team of cave divers have taken an unbelievably awesome photographs of the longest underwater gypsum crystal cave in the world.

As scientists continue to launch various Mars missions to know if life existed on the Red Planet, here are a few pictures from NASA’s past Mars expeditions suggesting evidence of water on the Martian surface.

Beaches in America saw the second-highest number of closing and advisory days in 2010, highest in more than two decades, as pollution continues to plague beach waters across the country, a report released on Wednesday said.

Australian authorities are investigating an incident that occurred this past weekend in which a Great Barrier Reef dive boat accidentally left behind a U.S. snorkeler.

A 4-foot spinner shark was caught on video while jumping over a surfer at New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

According to North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, the Souris River is flowing over most levees in Minot as it surges past a 130-year old record level.

An exciting discovery by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory reveals a young sun-like star shooting jets of water into space at a speed of 124,000 miles per hour.

Photos taken by the Deep Impact spacecraft have revealed an unusually hyperactive little comet, called Hartley 2, which spews inordinately high amounts of dry ice and carbon dioxide into space. For scientists, the new images from Deep Impact's comet flyby have come across as weird and strange. The comet behaves mysteriously --it spews out more water and dry ice than any other comet of its size, and it spins rapidly as it tumbles while most other comets rotate slowly in one direction.

As the Wallow Wildfire along the Arizona-New Mexico border continues to burn, firefighting flight mission crews kept fetching water from Luna Lake to drop it over the flares on Monday.

NASA has launched an international satellite that carries Aquarius instrument to measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans, a study that helps understand the global water cycle and improve climate forecasts.

With 16 films in competition for the main prize, the Golden Goblet, the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) will kick start in the Shanghai Grand Theater.