When researchers went searching for microplastics in sediments pulled from the bottom of Matagorda Bay and its surrounding inlets, they didn't find much. Most of their samples contained only tens to ...

The remains of an Ice Age era animal have been unearthed in Lubbock during a road construction project. Here's what it was and what will happen next.

A team of planetary scientists has developed a promising new way to peer beneath the dusty surface of Mars and other ...

While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

A beachcomber was riding his bike along the sand and surf in South Texas when he stumbled across a stranded and seemingly abandoned sailboat, video shows. Jace Tunnell, of the Harte Research Institute ...

A Houston woman celebrated her cat's 15th birthday with a quinceañera that went viral online and ended up saving a local ...

Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable ...

San Francisco Animal Care and Control officers were called out to Chase Center to rescue a family of three baby raccoons found stuck in a wall.

The Coast Guard rescued three people from a fishing vessel that capsized near Westport on Friday, but the captain was not found.

Elmore County man Joe Champion claims he recently discovered a rare meteorite in a load of soil and rock he was sorting through. Champion identified the find as a pallasite meteorite, which are ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...