The fossilized remains of an ancient marine reptile with an extremely long neck and paddlelike appendages have recently been uncovered in an unlikely place: the side of a cliff in Alaska, reports LiveScience.com.

According to the scientific american website, new research has identified a neuronal circuit responsible for the brain’s ability to purge bad memories, findings that could have implications for treating PTSD and other anxiety disorders.

In the quarter-century that it's been eyeing the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken some pretty spectacular photos of "a dying star's final moment.

Scientists have developed a tiny robot - based on the water strider insect - that can jump on water.

The Earth's magnetic field, which shields the atmosphere from harmful radiation, is at least four billion years old, according to scientists.

There could be an “ocean” hidden under one of the driest areas on earth, according to a breakthrough discovery by Chinese scientists.

An aurora has been spotted outside our Solar System for the first time, scientists report.

One of the last five Northern White Rhino left in the world dies.

This is the sharpest image yet of the dwarf planet as a whole that we've seen, and it reveals something that scientists hadn't been able to observe before: that the left lobe of Tombough Regio looks very different from the right lobe.

Queen guitarist Brian May helps NASA team examine data on Pluto sent by New Horizons spacecraft.

A haul of planets from Nasa's Kepler telescope includes a world sharing many characteristics with Earth.

A Bangladeshi physicist of Princeton University leads an international team to the discovery of an elusive massless particle theorised 85 years ago.

New pictures relayed by the first spacecraft to visit distant Pluto show odd polygon-shaped features and smooth hills in an crater-free plain, indications that the icy world is geologically active.

Scientists in Britain say they have developed a way of genetically modifying and controlling an invasive species of moth that causes serious pest damage to cabbages, kale, canola and other similar crops worldwide.

The spotlight is bright enough to thaw even Pluto.

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is all set to flyby the dwarf planet Pluto today and Google has a special doodle to honour the occasion.

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announce the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark.

Engineers say the New Horizons spacecraft is in "great shape" for its historic flyby of Pluto this week.

Take a good look at the latest picture of Pluto because it shows the face of the dwarf planet that will not be seen during next week's historic flyby.