SCIENCE

Video shows a massive fireball illuminate the sky over parts of the U.S. East Coast and Midwest over the weekend.

The number of people displaced by natural disasters around the world has doubled since the 1970s.

The latest federal climate data shows that three of the last eight months were the warmest since record-keeping began 130 years ago.

The trio of laws comes as California farmers and city dwellers are pumping the ground for water at a record pace.

Observers have speculated that the CLIO satellite's secret mission has to do with communication.

Cephalopods have the ability to change color and texture quickly and researchers are beginning to mimic this ability in synthetic material.

The star, dubbed WASP-18, is between 500 million to 2 billion years old, which is considered young by astronomical standards.

Scientists have found evidence that after the impact, fast-growing, deciduous plants had replaced their slower, evergreen peers.

With the latest pledge, Australia's total contribution to fight off the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history stands at more than $7 million.

NASA's move is aimed at ending U.S. dependence on Russia to fly crews to the International Space Station by 2017.

Richard III likely lost his helmet in the battle at Bosworth but was probably still wearing armor.

The 5,000-year-old crescent monument near Bet Yerah would have taken 200 ancient workers five months to complete.

A database of criminal and civilian images makes up the next phase of the FBI's Next Generation ID system.

Experts say President Barack Obama's plan to contain Ebola is months late.

NASA has relied on the Russian Federal Space Agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station.

NASA was tasked in 1994 with identifying potentially Earth-threatening asteroids greater than 0.62 miles in diameter.

Hurricane Odile became a tropical storm Monday evening but will continue to assault central portions of the Baja California peninsula.

While a cheetah can run as fast as 75 mph, MIT's researchers expect the robotic cheetah to reach speeds of up to 30 mph.

About 12,000 families have been ordered to be evacuated from the foot of one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines.

President Barack Obama is expected to announce the military deployment and $500M in aid for Ebola-affected regions in Africa.

Hurricane Odile's high winds caused widespread damage but no deaths as it swept across Mexico's Baja California.

Australian officials have asked the International Whaling Commission to maintain a temporary ban on Japan’s whaling program.

Site J was one of five potential landing sites chosen for the Philae lander as part of the Rosetta comet mission.

About 800 marines were on standby Sunday night as Hurricane Odile made landfall with 125 mph winds in western Mexico.

Maximum wind speeds hit 125 mph as Odile swirls offshore on a track skirting Mexico's West Coast.

The Spinosaurus had nostrils high up on its head so it could breathe while partially submerged.

The rover has reached the foot of a 3-mile-high Martian mountain, two years after beginning its search for life on the red planet.

The odds of Ebola becoming a global pandemic are slim, experts say -- but with an asterisk.

The chief of the World Health Organization said Friday that health officials are unable to cope with the rising number of patients.