These giant tortoises are the largest tortoise species on Earth. Males are usually larger ... a male named Abrazzo — who is also around 100 years old. Abrazzo moved to Philadelphia in 2020 ...

containing as much water as 100 trillion times all the oceans on Earth combined. This enormous water body is located near the active quasar APM 08279+5255, approximately 12 billion light years away.

Your guide to things to do in Asheville and across Western North Carolina. Things to do with your kids in Asheville, ...

Determined not to back away from a challenge, even if it meant disrupting over 100 years of accepted practice, the team kept refining their work. Finally, their persistence paid off as their study was ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

It takes lithium and cobalt to build the batteries that power electric vehicles and e-bikes, nickel and rare earth elements ...

There are around 66,000 species of rove beetles and one researcher proposes it's because of one special gland.

Understanding exoplanet evolution could help solve the mystery of the 'hot Neptune desert.' As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests ...

The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday, Ars reports. The booster's nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance ...

These are special lakes, providing a habitat for migrating waterfowl, including the mysterious common loon with its deep red eye, black head, black-and-white patterned neck and back, and white ...