Researchers discovered a "cosmic factory," a process where a meteorite or comet collides into a planet, which could produce amino acids essential for life.
New data suggests Saturn's moon Titan may have ice volcanoes and these areas "could harbor conditions favorable for life."
Apple recently filed a patent application for an anti-reflective screen that could make the iPad 5 more useful outdoors.
The 2013 Ig Nobel prize award ceremony was held on Sept. 12, 2013 and honored some of the weirdest scientific studies ever published.
The introduction of the M7 chip in the iPhone 5S was a big surprise, but it could indicated Apple laying the foundation for its upcoming iWatch device.
The rocket is Japan’s first in 12 years, and it successfully placed a space telescope into orbit Saturday.
Researchers have discovered the first functional "mechanical gears" in nature, as juvenile planthoppers use cogs to coordinate jumps.
Remote cameras captured an airborne frog during NASA's launch of LADEE.
NASA's Voyager 1 has officially left the solar system, a historic milestone that is just the beginning for the spacecraft.
NASA's Hubble telescope has uncovered the largest known population of globular star clusters that can be reliable tracers for dark matter.
Researchers in Mexico discovered a 1,400-year-old Mayan mass grave containing the dismembered remains of what are believed to be prisoners of war.
The blobfish isn't as cute as a giant panda, but it's threatened too.
Reality check for snobs: Expensive wine doesn't taste better and CDs reproduce performances with greater fidelity than vinyl.
The world's thinnest glass, as honored by the "Guinness World Records 2014 Edition," is two atoms thick.
Research suggests cilantro could be a cheaper way to remove contaminants like lead from drinking water.
Jimmy Greer, Dalco Turner, John Ratcliff and Jennifer Ratcliff are credited with catching a record-breaking 741-pound alligator in Mississippi on Sunday.
A 3D map of the central bulge provides a new look at the billions of stars located in the heart of our galaxy.
But, some say doctors have been using Botox to treat crow’s feet for years now without the FDA's approval.
Despite what you saw in "Jurassic Park," it's impossible to extract DNA from insects preserved in amber.
Seventy-five years after the Hindenburg disaster, a California company is looking to bring back the zeppelin.
As the annual southerly migration of monarch butterflies gets underway, observers in one area report low numbers.
A new study shows for the first time how ancient crocodiles evolved and survived when they lived among dinosaurs.
The Comet Ison conspiracy theory suggests the "comet of the century" may actually be a UFO, but is there any truth to it?
A study in mice suggests the hormone oxytocin drives the "reward" we feel after socializing.
A Vancouver-based Bitcoin exchange is hoping to bring the digital currency to the mainstream by installing the world's first bitcoin ATMs.
A blazing space rock that plummeted to Earth in 2012 contains ingredients that could explain how life evolved on Earth.
The three astronauts, who left for the ISS on March 28, completed 2,656 orbits of Earth and traveled more than 70 million miles in space.
A six-clawed lobster named Lola was caught and donated to the Maine State Aquarium.
Wily predators that encounter the same prey again and again may learn to see past disguises.
Using DNA as a mechanism to construct graphene, the scientists were able to build a transistor.