After four years of drought conditions a mild El Nino isn’t going to be enough to help very much, say officials.

Fastest unbound star recorded to date is believed to be the result of a massive explosion.

A massive sea once covered 19 percent of the Martian surface, but it appears to be gone forever.

With the first spacecraft about to go into orbit around the dwarf-planet Ceres it seems like a good time to review what is known right now.

Although they caution that there estimates are “highly conservative,” the scientists stress that these floating plastic pieces are a serious threat to the environment and pose health risks along the food chain.

The discovery of these bones is significant not only because they indicate that this type of animal lived in North America earlier than initially thought, but they might also give insight into how the animals arrived on the continent.