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In a galaxy far, far away, the Death Star wasn't just a weapon... it was a monumental achievement of (fictional) engineering and human resource management. And ...

The friends of Netflix star Sara Baruck had an ugly exchange with the lawyer defending the hit-and-run driver outside a Long ...

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...

Experts believe the universe may have a built-in 'self-destruct button' called false vacuum decay which could destroy the ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Kulula, a beloved and sassy Safari West giraffe known for her drool and Animal Planet fame, has died at 21. Kulula, a beloved ...

The Death Star was a major Imperial battle station threatening the galaxy, but did Luke Skywalker know how many people he ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Actor Rick Hurst, best known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg in the hit sitcom “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died at age 79. His ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...