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A NASA spacecraft erected a large, foil solar sail in orbit around Earth last week, after a failed attempt days earlier. However, subsequent observations of the spacecraft show it is "tumbling or wobbling" through space, which may have also impacted its trajectory around our planet.

A helium reservoir with the highest concentrations ever seen could hold enough of the gas to address critical shortages in the U.S. affecting tech, medicine and space exploration.

Orcas off the coasts of Spain and Portugal may be using boats as targets to practice hunting their favorite food, Atlantic bluefin tuna.

The fort would have contained multiple buildings and was built sometime between the first and third centuries.

For the first time, researchers have linked the amount of silver being buried in marine sediments to human-made climate change.

Drinking can change the brain in a way that makes people more likely to speak their mind, but the effects aren't always straightforward.

Defense systems found in all complex life, including the human body, came from primeval microbes known as 'Asgards.'

Heat triggers a series of complex chemical reactions that change the color, flavor and texture of meat.

From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that?

A study has tied a substance in the blood to colorectal cancer in people under age 50. It may act as an early signal of the disease, scientists say, but that needs to be confirmed.

Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.