The annual Leonid meteor shower will make its one-night appearance over North America tonight. Viewing conditions should be excellent because the peak will occur after midnight, when the lights of metropolitan areas will be at

The Leonid Meteor shower is back once again! The Leonids are an easily observed and frequent meteor shower. On November 16th and 17th 2009, the display is predicted to be exceptional at many locations. The Leonid Meteors appear to radiate from the constel

A calf who lost her two back hooves to frostbite is back frolicking in the fields of New Mexico - thanks to a pair of prosthetic limbs. The calf, named Meadow, was found a few months ago by rancher Nancy Dickenson and her stepdaughter, Martha. She had lo

Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi has won the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize. According to the award panel, his images "reclaim a night sky that most modern people have lost" - see some of them here

"These are stromatolites, organisms that existed 3500 million years ago, shortly after the planet was formed, they can be found northwest of the province of Salta, a unique ecosystem in the world where stromatolites still exist

From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop's fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened

LAKES rather than oceans may have given birth to the first animals, new research suggests. Complex animal life appeared around 500 million years ago after three billion years of nothing living on Earth but simple single-cell organisms such as bacteria

While federal government scientists play a critical role in protecting our health, safety, and environment, many report that they are often discouraged from sharing their scientific research and analysis with the media and the public.A recent investigati

Astronomers have discovered a distant "sun" residing in the constellation Aquila, in what they are calling the smallest known star to host a planet, BBC News reported.

A heavy bombardment by asteroids the size of Ireland was not enough to wipe out life on Earth 3.9 billion years ago, researchers said