(CNN) Global warming has severely damaged huge sections of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, according to a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
The Falcon 9 rocket streaks downrange in this long exposure photo from atop the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Spiders get a bad rap. Seen as terrifying pests by many, these eight-legged creatures may be under-appreciated: a new study has estimated just how much spiders consume annually and how essential they are to our environment.
In the winter of 2013, Beijing and other cities in the East China Plains became blanketed in thick, eye-stinging, gray smog. The pollution levels were off the charts: people were told to stay indoors, roads were closed, and hundreds of people were …
Indonesian authorities said Wednesday that the captain could face charges and spend time in prison, despite the company covering the environmental damage via insurance.
A 400,000-year-old skull belonging to an archaic member of the genus Homo was found in the Aroeira cave in Portugal. It has some features of Neanderthals and may hold clue to the ancestry of modern humans’s closest extinct relative.
A surprising result – based on new observations of distant galaxies – suggests that dark matter was less influential in the early universe than it is today.
Over the past decade, the international Cassini mission has revealed intense activity at the southern pole of Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, with warm fractures venting water-rich jets that hint at an underground sea.
Humpback whales have long been known as the solitary giants of the animal kingdom, preferring alone time to social interaction. In an unexpected turn of events, the majestic creatures have begun congregating in “super-groups” of up to 200 animals off …
Astronomers have found a star that whips around a black hole about twice an hour. That’s a very close orbit, possibly the tightest orbital dance ever witnessed for a star and black hole.
Pioneering astronaut Buzz Aldrin is best known for being the second man to step foot on the moon. Now, he’s stepping into a new space — virtual reality — and hoping to inspire interest in space exploration and communicate his plan to send humans to …
The TRAPPIST-1 system has totally entranced Earthlings since NASA announced its discovery last month. For both astronomers and tinfoil hat believers (*raises hand*), TRAPPIST-1 is a sign of hope for finding alien life, since three of its planets are …
Scientists have known for a while that the Arctic is melting. The signs are everywhere—from the famed Alaskan Iditarod course being moved multiple times due to lack of snow, to the emergence of starving polar bears with nowhere to hunt.
March 15, 2017 —At first glance, the South American polka dot tree frog gives off a pale, brownish-green hue. But under a fluorescent light, it glows bright green, with 18 percent of a full moon’s light.
A blue glow lighting up the waters off the shores of Tasmania has captivated photographers and onlookers ― but it’s also a troubling example of how rising ocean temperatures have disrupted marine ecosystems.
Russia has begun recruiting cosmonauts for a new spacecraft that will go to the moon. Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos has declared an open contest for a team who will pilot the Federatsiya spacecraft to the Moon.
In this Mar. 3, 2017 photo, green algae swirls on the beach of Bandar al-Jissah in Oman. The Gulf of Oman turns green twice a year, when an algae bloom the size of Mexico spreads across the Arabian Sea all the way to India.
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