No discussion of the top science news in 2015 would be complete without mentioning the stunning details of Pluto and its sister Charon received from...

Geologists have used high-resolution images obtained by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to infer the existence of past rivers on the Martian surface. Geologist...

Creationists have often pointed out that evolution is unscientific because it can never be proved by science to be true. It is not happening at present...

Secular cosmologists claim that the universe originated in an explosion 13.8 billion years ago. Some Christians believe this Big Bang is the means...

According to the most popular conventional origins story, space, energy, time, and matter as we know them came into being 14 billion years ago when...

NASA launched the WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) spacecraft in 2001. Its purpose was to make precise measurements of subtle variations...

Astronomers have discovered a disintegrating rocky planet in another solar system.^1,2 This extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, has been given...

Since its launch 32 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has taken incredible pictures of the universe. Recently, with the aid of a phenomenon...

Secular astronomers recently described three bizarre discoveries that challenge mainstream ideas of an evolving universe. The newly discovered massive...

Some of us may remember in high school science class viewing a busy, single-celled Paramecium as it moves through a watery medium. They move using numerous...

Chasing and capturing fireflies is a simple joy of childhood. But for evolutionary entomologist Christopher Heckscher, that joy never left. He has been...

Two separate studies claim massive tsunamis and earthquakes from an asteroid impact profoundly affected the rock record. One research team modeled a...