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From the depths of the ocean to the center of the Earth, Jules Verne's impact on science fiction remains massive today.

New research has found a way to power spacecraft with lasers generated using solar energy alone.

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research suggests.

How much do you know about Antarctica? Take our science quiz to see if you'll freeze up or be as cool as a cucumber.

With the country in stalemate, people have lost faith in government. But citizens’ assemblies show one way forward

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Dec. 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

Read your weekly horoscope from Sally Trotman and Penny Thornton who reveal what this week holds for every star sign on love, family, career, and more

As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience as a geologist, I think one of the best ways to understand our planet’s history and evolution is by condensing the entire timeline into a single…

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24). It is unlikely to get significantly closer to the sun before the end of its mission.

Explorers, astronauts and filmmakers described life in space and on Earth in an epic livestream from the Drake Passage.

On this day, 'The X-Files' shrugged off the long-foretold invasion of The Grey. And we were left with more questions than answers.