Tackling the John Muir Trail at night with only stars and moon to light the path, a veteran hiker experiences the popular 200-mile trail in a new—and wilder—way.

Space Coast Office of Tourism data shows overnight visitors who primarily travel to Brevard County to see a launch spend an ...

Scientists from NASA and Chalmers University have discovered that incompatible substances can mix on Titan’s icy surface, ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the US space agency NASA have made an unexpected discovery ...

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a ...

With the recent discovery of traces of what may or may not be or have been life on Mars, eyes are turning to another world in ...

The race is on to harness the near-infinite power of nuclear fusion—by building a star on Earth. And scientists are closer ...

In a frigid corner of the solar system, Saturn’s moon Titan has surprised scientists with an unexpected chemical twist.

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...

Tourists swim in a cenote, or flooded cave, outside Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The Yucatan Peninsula is dotted with thousands of these interconnected limestone caves, which are fed by a ...

The rhythmic click of needles. The softness of yarn running over fingertips. The satisfying logic of knit, purl, repeat. Knitting—and other so-called “grandma hobbies”—is making a comeback, especially ...

The discovery of a stone long overlooked in a German museum suggests that Ice Age communities experimented with vivid hues far earlier than scholars believed. A stone artifact from near the end of the ...