Science

On March 30, a German start-up launched a rocket designed to place small satellites into orbit from Europe. Taking off from Norway’s Andøya spaceport above the Arctic Circle, it was...

Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica are the remains of Danish slave ships missing for centuries — a finding that restores the ancestral lineage of an...

For many people, the term “mummy” usually brings to mind images of Egyptian sarcophagi. But the history of mummies is much more complex and spans cultures around the world. Such...

What if your dog could tell you exactly what they’re thinking? Thanks to a growing global research project, scientists are finding that dogs might be closer to talking to their...

Crows have long been known for their clever tricks, but new research shows they may be even smarter than we thought. Scientists have discovered that crows can recognize geometric patterns—a...

On July 3, 1945, ten German scientists who had worked on Germany’s nuclear program were interned by the Allies at a country mansion called Farm Hall, in Godmanchester England, about...

A batch of Amazon satellites hitched a ride to low-Earth orbit, marking the biggest stride yet in the tech giant’s efforts to join a race to blanket the planet in...

An invisible molecular cloud that could shed light on how stars and planets form has been detected surprisingly close to Earth. Named Eos after the Greek goddess of the dawn,...

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Texas has a brand new city, and its name is Starbase. A vote Saturday to decide whether to turn part of south Texas into a new city...