No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp on what it even means to be conscious. But our purely human urge to ask the ...

After having her head shaved by nurses at Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, patient Catherine Klie’s right hand shook as she tried to trace spiral circles and straight lines with a marker. It ...

The first article of the Outer Space Treaty (1967) guarantees for all states the right of free access to outer space. This principle of states’ free access to outer space is also recognized as a rule ...

Six houses on North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean Tuesday as two offshore hurricanes churned up heavy surf. Five of the homes in the community of Buxton collapsed within 45 minutes ...

Five Outer Banks beach houses collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean within 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon, marking the most destructive day for Hatteras Island since houses began crumbling into the sea five ...

Six homes have collapsed into the churning Atlantic Ocean surf in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the latest in what has become a common sight in recent years along the state’s erosion-plagued coast.

Scientists armed with the immense observing power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected faint traces of fluorescent flatulence leaking out from the dwarf planet Makemake, which lurks ...

RPGs The Outer Worlds 2: Everything we know so far about Obsidian's new RPG Action RPGs As The Outer Worlds 2 embraces "crunchy" role-playing, its directors say people are "more open" to deeper RPGs ...

The Omega Speedmaster is by far the watch most associated with outer space, and it remains the only watch authorized by NASA for use during extravehicular activity (AKA space walks). But dozens of ...

As a fierce competition between the United States and China heats up on Earth, a new bill in Congress hopes to give Washington an edge on another frontier that has the potential to reshape the future ...

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.