For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her colleagues opted for the name Persephone, after Pluto's wife and "queen of the underworld" in Greek mythology.

Astronomers have found an Earth-sized planet 40 light years away that sits in its star’s habitable zone, with an average daytime temperature of 42°C. The discovery offers a unique chance to ...

Fossilized dinosaur teeth can reveal a lot more than just how these creatures ate and who they were related to – they can also tell us what the air was like in prehistoric times. As it turns out ...

There are dinosaurs among us. And they can be seen at the Lorenzo Cultural Center located on Macomb Community College’s Center Campus in Clinton Township during a free program going on now ...

Ancient fossilized dinosaur tracks have been discovered in Central Texas following the July 4 floods.

A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years — if it ever gets funded and approved.

Scientists found cryptic-looking lizards sleeping on trees, branches near lodge and discovered new species: Anjajavy dwarf gecko, study said and photos show.

A "shiny" fossil found in an Alabama creek has been identified as the tooth of a large dinosaur that doesn't quite belong at the site, experts say.

Texas Acrocantho-what? This dinosaur’s footprint was found in the Austin area after the July floods The footprints were created some 115 million years ago, when what is now a Central Texas ...

The discovery has been identified as “a very rare, 84 million-year-old hadrosaur dinosaur tooth,” according to a Facebook post from the museum.