A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Wednesday after six months on China's space station. The crew’s landing ...

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Boise State University have found evidence suggesting that the ...

Named Eos, the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye and could shed light on solar ...

An important conservation message is shared in 9-year-old Sora U.’s work, titled Wildlife. The artist uses trees, an owl, ...

Aisling O'Hare, who led the study, told Newsweek she's "excited" about what the science world can learn from the data.

In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...

Famous for its adorable quokkas, Rottnest Island has become a global favourite. But beyond the selfies lies a rich, complex ...

Earth's atmosphere is much more sensitive to ripples of radiation from the sun than scientists previously believed, new ...

China's Long March 2F rocket, carrying three astronauts for the Shenzhou 20 manned space mission, lifts off for a space ...