NASA is preparing for a close encounter with a massive asteroid named 99942 Apophis, also known as the “God of Chaos,” set to ...

Peter Carey, a two-time winner of the Booker Prize, always refers to literary prizes as a “crapshoot”. Sadly for Charlotte Wood, who was hoping to become the first Australian woman author to win the ...

The meat industry’s multimillion-dollar lobbying fight succeeded in stopping the city’s slaughterhouse ban, which will result in the continued operation of one of the nation’s largest lamb processing ...

As recently announced by Netflix, joining the cast for Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 are the likes of Chin Han as Long ...

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon ...

There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a new report.

In addition to deforestation — which negatively impacts biodiversity and the Earth's ability to absorb carbon dioxide — ...

In January, 100 on-site contractors at JPL were let go after NASA instructed the lab to reduce spending in anticipation of a ...

More a popular term than a scientific one, a supermoon occurs when a full lunar phase syncs up with an especially close swing ...

An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...

British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set ...

The fourth and final supermoon of the year will occur on Friday, Nov. 15. The November full moon is also called the "Beaver ...