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 ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

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.

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 ...

Several space missions have flown by asteroids before and gotten a peek at their compositions, but bringing a sample back to Earth is even more helpful for scientists. The most informative analyses ...

Astronomy experts in Western Australia said a bright green light that illuminated the early morning sky over the state was ...

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

Authorities in a Texas town are trying to determine the origins of a flock of sheep found wandering loose near an elementary ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Texas man associated with a neo-Nazi group was convicted on Wednesday of posting threats to lynch ...

A severed rabbit head that students discovered in a high school bathroom has sparked a criminal investigation by Central Texas authorities ... Students found the head, a message and a drawing ...

Authorities have found a 10-year-old Texas girl who was reported missing on April 30, and the man she was with has been charged with kidnapping. The girl was reported missing out of Hamlin ...