Here’s How This ‘Hobbit’-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons

Greenland meltwater adds to AMOC weakening, but updated model finds no tipping point in sight

What did the night sky look like on the 1st Independence Day 250 years ago?

As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, space science explores the celestial view experienced by the nation's founders on July 4, 1776.

The Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977, is now so far from Earth that a radio signal travelling at the speed of light takes over 22 hours to reach it, and it is still sending data back from interstellar space on a power source the size of a car battery

This tropical creature lives almost 3 times longer than expected and appears to barely age. Here’s why scientists are so excited

Scientists are studying a tropical butterfly species that lives nearly a year and shows few signs of aging, potentially unlocking secrets of longevity.

NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

Hubble has spotted ‘impossible’ light in deep space, and scientists are trying to explain where it came f