Astronomers and expert stargazers share their top skywatching tips for beginners

Expert advice for new stargazers: How to begin your amateur astronomy journey

Birds and dinosaurs lived together for millions of years, but only toothless birds survived the asteroid impact that upended life on Earth.

How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.

Giant ‘toothed’ birds flew over Antarctica 40 million to 50 million years ago

On Episode 186 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Jim Green, NASA's former chief scientist, about snow on the moon.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 186 — Snow on the Moon?

There’s hardly a country on the planet that doesn’t turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a craving. Here are some of the world’s very best sandwiches.

25 of the world’s best sandwiches

The world's climate leaders are conceding that Earth's warming will shoot past a hard limit they set a decade ago in hopes of keeping the planet out of a danger zone.  United Nations officials, scientists, and analysts are pinning their hopes on eventually forcing global temperatures back below the red line they set in the 2015 Paris Agreement, which sought to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) since preindustrial times.  In the way climate science uses the term, it doesn't me

Climate leaders are talking about 'overshoot' into warming danger zone. Here's what it means

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket just aced its second-ever mission —and returned to Earth safely for the first time. See a video of the booster's dramatic homecoming here.

Watch Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket ace its epic landing on a ship at sea (video)

Scientists have recovered RNA from a mammoth carcass preserved in permafrost for 40,000 years. The ancient molecules reveal details about the creature’s last moments.

Oldest sequenced RNA reveals details about a mammoth’s final moments 40,000 years

Researchers have newly described three extremely rare species of toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets.

Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets

The behavior, which had never been observed before, stunned scientists as, typically, the larger house spider would prey on its smaller neighbor.

Discovery of massive spider's web in Greece reveals unexpected behavior

Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is now the second, after SpaceX, to land a rocket booster for reuse.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket landed its booster on a barge at sea – an achievement that will broaden the commercial spaceflight market

A communications researcher lays out the dynamics of conspiracy theory belief and why they gain traction in times of anxiety and uncertainty.

Why the chemtrail conspiracy theory lingers and grows – and why Tucker Carlson is talking about it

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dogs today come in a mind-blowing array of shapes and sizes, from the diminutive pug, Pekingese and Pomeranian to the grand Irish Wolfhound, Great Dane and Saint

Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago

A peek inside some leading research labs shows how scientists-turned-detectives are painstakingly decoding what causes autoimmune diseases and how to stop the immune system from attacking you instead of protecting you.  Researchers use laser-powered machinery and brightly colored fluorescent dyes to tell rogue cells from normal ones.  Take Type 1 diabetes, caused when cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are gradually killed off by rogue T cells.

PHOTO ESSAY: Scientists trying to unravel one of the body's biggest mysteries

Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.  It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’ company and NASA are counting on to get people and supplies to the moon — and it was a complete success.  The 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn blasted into the afternoon sky from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending NASA’s twin Mars orbiters on a drawn-out journey to the red planet.

Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -The Blue Origin space venture of billionaire Jeff Bezos launched its giant New Glenn rocket from Florida on Thursday on its debut flight for paying customers, carrying two satellites on their way to Mars in the company's first NASA-scale science mission. The powerful two-stage rocket, ​standing 32 stories tall, blasted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the first mission flown by Blue Origin since New Glenn's inaugural test launch on January

Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on company's first NASA-scale science mission

After a weather delay dashed its first launch attempt over the weekend, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches landmark Mars mission in New Glenn rocket’s first big test

Scientists may have solved the mystery of an "impossible" merger between two black holes so massive and fast-spinning that they shouldn't even exist, according to current theory.

Scientists solve the mystery of 'impossible' merger of 'forbidden' black holes

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A geomagnetic storm on Earth triggered by a large burst of solar radiation has temporarily grounded a Blue Origin rocket carrying twin NASA satellites built to measure space

Geomagnetic storm grounds launch of Mars space weather satellites

Scientists say they have unearthed Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells, potentially shedding light on ancient reptiles called “drop crocs.”

Ancient eggshells shed new light on crocodiles that hunted prey from trees

Three solar storms reached Earth this week, triggering colorful auroras in unexpected places.

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Climate leaders are talking about 'overshoot' into warming danger zone. Here's what it means

Watch Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket ace its epic landing on a ship at sea (video)

Oldest sequenced RNA reveals details about a mammoth’s final moments 40,000 years

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 186 — Snow on the Moon?

Giant ‘toothed’ birds flew over Antarctica 40 million to 50 million years ago

How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?

Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets

Discovery of massive spider's web in Greece reveals unexpected behavior

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket landed its booster on a barge at sea – an achievement that will broaden the commercial spaceflight market

Why the chemtrail conspiracy theory lingers and grows – and why Tucker Carlson is talking about it

Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago

PHOTO ESSAY: Scientists trying to unravel one of the body's biggest mysteries

Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets

Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on company's first NASA-scale science mission

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches landmark Mars mission in New Glenn rocket’s first big test

Scientists solve the mystery of 'impossible' merger of 'forbidden' black holes

Geomagnetic storm grounds launch of Mars space weather satellites

Ancient eggshells shed new light on crocodiles that hunted prey from trees

See tonight’s solar storm unfold across the world

See tonight’s solar storm unfold across the world

Ancient eggshells shed new light on crocodiles that hunted prey from trees

Scientists solve the mystery of 'impossible' merger of 'forbidden' black holes

Geomagnetic storm grounds launch of Mars space weather satellites

Ancient eggshells shed new light on crocodiles that hunted prey from trees