Science

DHS, FBI, FAA and DoD issued a joint statement saying an investigation into recent reported drone sightings reveals no “national security or public safety risk.” Here's what to know.

Elected officials are urging action to identify and stop mysterious drones reported over New Jersey, New York and other eastern parts of the country in recent weeks.

President-elect Donald Trump said "the government knows what is happening" when asked about the New Jersey drone mystery during a wide-ranging Monday morning news conference..

The new study suggested that 4 million seabirds died following unusually warm conditions in the northeastern Pacific Ocean between 2014 and 2016.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Sunday that the federal government is deploying a drone detection system to the state to aid in investigations into recent drone sightings.

New Jersey residents have reported seeing dozens of drones in recent weeks, some near sensitive locations like a military research facility.

The Geminid meteor shower's peak activity happens this week, when 120 meteors per hour are possible under the right conditions.

The world is closing out its warmest year on record, and if the phrase sounds like a broken record, it is because the record was set just last year.

This upcoming aerial spectacle occurs when the Earth positions itself between the Sun and Jupiter. Here’s how you can watch it.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Pacific region says the 74-year-old Laysan albatross returned to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in late November to lay an egg.

Visitors to Florida’s Everglades National Park were shocked to witness an alligator hauling a massive Burmese python.

The asteroid was traveling at about a velocity of 9.6 miles per second and measured between 1.6 and 4 feet.

A side-by-side comparison of the photo with its predecessor from the Hubble telescope shows how clearer the newer telescope is, allowing us to see the so-called “Sombrero galaxy" like never before.

The woman said the snake has visited her home for years and she had no plans to remove it.

Displays of Northern Lights are possible on Thanksgiving and Black Friday for some of the U.S. after NOAA's space weather forecasters say charged particles from the Sun will create geomagnetic storm conditions.

Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species in Cuba that is bigger and hairier than other spiders in its genus.

Known as WOH G64, the star is 2,000 times larger than the Sun and classified as a red supergiant, scientists said.