Jupiter's core grew a lot within just 1 million years of the solar system's formation.
Archaeologists working at the site of Sphinx have proposed a new interpretations for the holes.
The French president welcomed all who wanted to fight climate change after the US pulled out of the Paris accord.
Humans may find microbial life beyond Earth within the next 10-15 years but it may not be intelligent.
Shin Shin, an 11-year-old giant panda, gave birth to a cub at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo.
The health of the juvenile whale deteriorated as attempts to refloat it failed due to poor weather conditions.
How virtual reality is helping conservationists in the fight to halt deforestation of the Amazon?
A new report highlights that when women's tenure rights are not respected in community forests, the environment can suffer.
The mask was found in a grave with 14 children, women and men.
The monument is thought to have been burned as part of a spectacular fire ritual.
32 severed male heads were found amongst the remains of an ancient Aztec temple.
The hoard was buried to prevent it being stolen in 500 BCE, but the owner never returned.
At least nine people have been killed and thousands forced from their homes in the worst winter storm in 30 years.
Sahithi Pingali hails from Bangalore and her name has been chosen to be immortalised in space.
Fishing litter or 'ghost gear' causes a slow and painful deaths for hundreds of thousands of animals a year.
Scientists have estimated the mass of the white dwarf star Stein 2051 B.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim will also join in working towards ending the use of gillnets that endanger the local species.
The 12 were selected from over 18,000 applicants for the dream job.
"Hawai'i is committed to environmental stewardship," sad Gov. Ige.
The earliest ever Homo sapiens has been discovered in Morocco - here's what it tells us about our origins.
The earliest humans looked just like us, but their brains were quite different.
A bag containing radioactive material broke during an equipment inspection at Oarai Research and Development Centre.
The air force says it is embracing commercial space launchers to cut down costs.
The galaxies shine 10,000 times brighter than the Milky Way.
The study also helped explain discrepancies between techniques to measure how fast the universe is expanding.
The dinosaur's fossil measures at 8 metres and is the third in the world to be discovered from a marine stratum.
Researchers have said the volcano is due a much bigger eruption in the next few decades.
What happens when the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe collide?
And 2017 wasn't supposed to be as hot as 2016.
The quarry is the densest deposit of Jurassic dinosaur bones discovered to date.