Science

Scientists discovered a remarkable planet 25,000 light-years away that looks similar to our own solar system’s planet Uranus. This is the first time an “ice giant” (made of part gas and part ice) like Uranus and Neptune have been discovered outside of our solar system, The Ohio State University reported.

Louisiana – The source of a loud boom heard at points across the ArkLaTex from Marshall to Keithville to Haughton remains a mystery at this hour.

A 500-million-year-old blind water creature discovered more than 100 years ago is a distant cousin of humans, Australian scientists say.

Scientists have released a paper revealing that a 10,000-year-old kangaroo had an interesting gait, and just in time to celebrate National Fossil Day.

A shark feeding frenzy was captured on video right at the beach at Cape Lookout National Seashore. The video was posted on Facebook and YouTube by Brian Recker, who wrote that his friend Donnie Griggs shot it.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield may soon keep company with a whole new type of star as his 2013 memoir An Astronaut’s Guide To Life on Earth is reportedly being adapted into a sitcom by Warner Bros.

Archaeologists believe they have found the bronze remains of a sacrifice made over 2,000 years ago. They unearthed an Iron Age chariot, which was burned and buried most likely as a religious offering.

The magnitude of the 2011 Tohoku quake (M 9.0) caught many seismologists by surprise, prompting some to revisit the question of calculating the maximum magnitude earthquake possible for a particular fault. New research offers an alternate view that uses the concept of probable maximum magnitude events over a given period, providing the magnitude and the recurrence rate of extreme events …

A whale that beached itself in Indian Shores was not able to be saved and was euthanized by the state’s mammal stranding team.

The Boeing X-37B, U.S. Air Force classified spaceship, is scheduled to land at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, said officials. The robotic spaceship is ending its third classified mission to the Earth orbit that lasted 672 days (22 months). The space plane’s purpose remains a mystery.

The European Space Agency has just released this stunning self-portrait of the Rosetta spacecraft, taken less than ten miles from the surface of Comet 67P/C-G, which is emitting streams of gas and dust into the depth of space.