The EURECA spacecraft flew on the space shuttle Atlantis in 1992.

The Geminid meteor shower is active from Dec. 4 and hits its peak on the night of Dec. 13-14.

A mishap during the successful Nov. 27 launch of three astronauts damaged the only pad that currently supports Russian crewed orbital liftoffs. How long before things are back up and running again?

A study suggests that a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas.

New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have begun one of history’s deadliest pandemics.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Paleontologists for decades debated whether meat-eating dinosaur Nanotyrannus was actually just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus.

Europe's plans to develop its "Argonaut" robotic moon lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will build a key element of the spacecraft.

December’s full cold supermoon is peaking this week as the anniversaries of two Apollo missions approach.

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life developed on Earth, scientists say.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in

Paleontologists spotted injuries on the tails of duck-billed dinosaur fossils that might have occurred during mating.

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The brief flashes were captured from Earth and could be from the Taurid meteor shower.

"This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s."

China's Shenzhou 20 and 21 astronauts enjoyed freshly cooked BBQ aboard the Tiangong space station recently, thanks to a new microgravity oven.

Scientists working in Mexico have recorded multiple incidents in which a group of orcas hunt young great white sharks and eat their energy-rich livers.

Dark matter obeys gravity after all — could that rule out a 5th fundamental force in the universe?

Researcher Matthew Graham said scientists didn't initially "believe the numbers about the energy" emitting from the cosmic display.

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Ant colonies act as one "super-organism" which works to ensure the survival of all, according to a team of scientists.

It all comes down to the difference in temperature between the North Pole and the equator.

The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies. When a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit, a so-called supermoon happens. The supermoon can be glimpsed in clear night skies without any special equipment.

Scientists used data from NASA's Perseverance rover to find tiny lightning bolts on Mars that could scour biosignatures off the world's surface

11,000 pounds of cargo recently arrived at the International Space Station.

Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing evidence of primordial black holes formed directly from overly dense pockets of matter just after the Big Bang.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered puzzling ultraviolet radiation around young stars in a stellar nursery.

A newly discovered tectonic "regime" may explain why Earth has active plates while Venus remains stagnant.

Watch live as near-Earth asteroid Eros buzzes the Andromeda Galaxy on Nov. 30 (video)