Avaneesh Pandey

Six companies, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Orbital ATK, have been selected to develop full-sized ground prototypes and concepts for deep space habitats.

A coalition of over 50 science organizations, representing millions of scientists and engineers, have put forward a list of 20 questions they’d like the U.S. presidential candidates to answer.

The Piltdown Man “fossil,” which later turned out to be a elaborate patchwork of human and orangutan bones, was perhaps the most audacious hoax in the history of science.

Comprising over 1,000 high-resolution images, this is the single-largest dump of images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRise camera.

The Raptor engine will be powered by liquid methane and oxygen, and will be used in the generation of rockets after the Falcon Heavy, colloquially known as the BFR.

According to a new report from the bank, the number of borrowers with low credit scores who have credit cards is nearing pre-recession levels.

Aug. 8 is the “overshoot day” — a day when humanity’s demands on the planet exceed its capacity to regenerate resources.

If a violation of the Charge-Parity symmetry is confirmed, it would help us understand why the universe exists.

Researchers analyzing the structure of stepanovite and zhemchuzhnikovite — two minerals discovered in a Siberian mine nearly 70 years back — have found that they belong to a category known as “metal-organic frameworks.”

The bizarre behavior of Tabby’s star — a main-sequence F star located nearly 1,500 light-years from Earth — can’t be explained through any known phenomenon.

According to a new study, a genetic mutation may have helped early humans adapt to smoke exposure, giving them a clear advantage over their Neanderthal ancestors.

A team of researchers has released a catalogue 216 planets discovered by NASA's Kepler telescope, including 20 that are most likely to resemble Earth.

The structure, which consists of a small square of germanium antimony telluride held between two electrodes, is capable of mimicking the behavior of biological neurons.

The device, which harnesses unique properties of ions trapped in a magnetic field, paves the way to the creation of a viable general-purpose quantum computer.

The outcome document, which the negotiators failed to agree upon, called for the resettlement of 10 percent of the world’s refugees to developed nations annually.

According to a new study, odds are that we — Earthlings — popped into existence a tad bit early. Life elsewhere, it suggests, may be yet to emerge.

The 11 GB data dump by the ATLAS collaboration at CERN marks the first open release of proton-proton collision data at 8 TeV.

In an effort to shed light on the global surveillance industry, Privacy International has released a searchable database of over 500 surveillance companies across the world.

The solar-powered spacecraft is now falling back toward the gas giant, and will fly by Jupiter on Aug. 27 at a distance of just 2,600 miles above its cloud tops.

The new company, named Galvani Bioelectronics, will focus on research, development and commercialization of “bioelectronic” medicines.

Australia is moving north by about 2.75 inches annually due to normal tectonic movements, and, as a result, the nation’s local coordinates are out of sync with the global ones.

Donald Trump has expressed his displeasure over the presidential debates clashing with the National Football League games, stating that Hillary Clinton “wants to be against the NFL.”

Data gathered by NASA’s NuSTAR is helping scientists pinpoint the supermassive black holes emitting high-energy X-rays — a significant step toward resolving the so-called cosmic X-ray background.

In comments that are sure to disappoint die-hard Potterheads, the writer of the fantasy series said that “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” does not herald a new phase of stories for the boy wizard.

The protest stemmed from the death of a 37-year old mentally ill black man who died last week after being hospitalized in a critical condition following his arrest.

Ghazala and Khizr Khan — parents of slain U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan — expressed their love for their son and said Trump lacks a "moral compass." While other slanging matches haven't hurt the Republican nominee's political standing, this one may.

As the Large Hadron Collider powers up for a fresh run, physicists are racking their brains to explain the mysterious “bump” observed by the ATLAS and CMS detectors last year.

According to a new study based on data by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the trenches were likely formed by the seasonal freezing and sublimation of carbon dioxide

Tesla officials said that a problem with the Model S automatic braking system — “separate and distinct” from Autopilot — may have been responsible for the May crash.