On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it became the first robotic spacecraft to return a sample of lunar soil to Earth ...

In the rainforest, a tiny insect performs a dramatic dance with red “flags” on its legs. For years, scientists wondered: is ...

The energy that Eala took seemed to be siphoned directly from Tauson. From the start, the Dane had been rattled by the intensity of the fans. She complained about noise during points, she complained ...

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...

Daichi Fujii from the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan captured a meteor impact the moon with multiple telescopes. Credit: ...

Millions had their eyes on the skies last night as a rare total lunar eclipse shone around the world. During a total lunar ...

It costs the BBC around £5m a year to stage the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, after they’ve recouped what they can from ...

Donald Trump signed an executive order that appears to make burning the American flag illegal. The order faces legal ...

As kids of the 1980s, surrounded by a boom in science magazines with utterly ridiculous headlines, we were told that by 2025 there would be flying cars straight out of Back to the Future, humanoid ...

SURFSIDE, Fla. — Newly obtained video shows the end of a police chase on a stretch of beach on the border between Bal Harbour and Surfside. Police said the driver, Orlando Pablo Taboada, 53, of ...

Organizers of a music festival in Portsmouth, England have apologized to Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers who claim they were muted during their set for displaying a Palestinian flag. A string of ...

A right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands has erupted into violence as rioters clashed with police and vandalized a political party's office. This happened on Saturday, just weeks before ...