A team of researchers is offering the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth.
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A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here’s what to know about northern lights.
A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night.
5.2-magnitude quake shakes Southern California, tumbling rocks onto roads and items off shelves
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday, sending boulders tumbling onto rural roadways outside San Diego, items rattling off shelves and elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park scrambling to encircle their young.
Scientists genetically engineer wolves similar to extinct dire wolf
Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species.
Great Lakes basins may have formed millions of years ago from activity deep in the Earth — long before glaciers, study finds
A hotspot from underneath Earth’s crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished carving out and filling with water millions of years later.
Science Olympiad competitors learn to expect the unexpected
Most people seem to think that science is doing something and having it work the way you think it’s going to, she said during a moment in which she could sit down at the State Competition at Purdue Northwest Saturday. But rarely — if ever — does it happen that way.
In Chicago, US EPA workers protest Trump, say rollbacks will put ‘every American at risk’
Union steward says administration hasn’t considered how changes will lower the quality of life for Americans and slow site cleanups.
The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?
The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago.
Photos: Blood moon seen over Chicago
A total lunar eclipse was visible across North America including Chicago Thursday night into Friday morning.