Science

NASA's $10 billion new telescope showed the world something remarkable today: an image of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe.

When law enforcement requests it, Google usually hands over location and search data collected through its smartphone apps.

Delaware’s Center for the Inland Bays brings volunteers each spring to count, catch, and tag horseshoe crabs, in order to track their population levels.

New cases of avian influenza haven’t been detected in Pa. for more than a month, but that doesn’t mean the threat to poultry and wild birds has passed.

A mastodon named Fred, also known as the Buesching mastodon, is a distant relative of the modern elephant. His remains reveal the story of his life and violent end.

Rutgers researchers are on a mission to recruit “citizen scientists” as part of NJ Ticks 4 Science.

The 180-foot-long Texas Star is the latest addition to a massive artificial reef system, joining hundreds of New York City subway cars and a Navy destroyer.

They are finding that several animals like to make a meal out of the pests.

Not seen on the Delmarva peninsula in 27 years, the endangered Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly reveals itself in a Delaware swamp.

Most Americans have recently been affected by extreme weather and support efforts to protect against future disasters, a new survey finds.

Scientists say a fisherman caught a giant stingray that measured almost 13 feet from snout to tail in the Mekong River.

Boeing Aerospace has donated $3 million to the Franklin Institute’s $8 million update of its space exhibition, planned for 2023.

Astronomers hope to use the data to understand better how stars are born and die, and how the Milky Way evolved over billions of years.

IVF clinics have long tested embryos for genetic disorders and abnormalities — but in recent years, new startups have been pushing the ...

For the first time, electricity beat out natural gas as a home heating source nationwide. Climate activists are pushing to retire fossil fuel in favor of heat pumps.