Researchers found evidence of microbial life in what should have been a pristine sample of an asteroid, a frustrating sign that avoiding earthly contamination may be harder than we thought.

You may have a rare coin better suited to be auctioned off or artfully displayed than used to wash your clothes. Taking that extra second could help you get rich. Between 1999 and 2008 ...

And now, an extremely rare first edition of his most famous work, the political manual “The Prince,” is going up for auction, with an expected sale price of up to £300,000 ($375,000).

Earlier in the show, Fallon excitedly pointed out that Ice-T got rare approval from the band to sample the record. "Pink Floyd said yes to you. They don't say yes to anyone," Fallon said.

More information: Sanjaya Paudel et al, Discovery of a Rare Group of Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Universe, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2024). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad8f3c Journal ...

Among the 20 images is a shot of a rare black tiger, a big cat that gets its name from its extra-wide stripes. Prasenjeet Yadav captured the elusive feline prowling the Similipal Tiger Reserve in ...

An ash landfill in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Recent research by The University of Texas at Austin tallied up the potential rare earth elements that could be extracted from coal ash around the ...

There's a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world. It's called kyawthuite (cha-too-ite), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 ...

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A rare pudu fawn was born in a biopark in Argentina earlier this month, giving scientists and conservationists a unique chance to study and collect data on the ...