When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A prototype of a Canadian lunar rover in testing at the Canadian Space Agency, on moon-like terrain. | Credit: Canadian Space AgencyCanada will cancel its first rover...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, descending long ago from gray wolves - though precisely when, where and why have remained unanswered. New genetic research now is offering...

NEW YORK (AP) — Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our companions for thousands of years.Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket on the launch pad at Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway. | Credit: Isar AerospaceA gorgeous new photo shows the northern lights...

A skeleton which could belong to d'Artagnan, the French soldier who inspired the novel "The Three Musketeers," has been discovered in a church in the Dutch city where he died centuries ago, local media reported Wednesday.The skeleton was found in Maastricht, in the...

The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving — a process known as plate tectonics. These dynamic movements helped to create the habitats and climate that fostered the emergence of life on our planet, but exactly when the geological process...

(Corrects one of the companies working on Gateway in paragraph four from Vantor, which is not involved, to Lanteris)By Joey ‌RouletteWASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - NASA is cancelling plans to deploy a space ‌station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components...

A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilet of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes still being used to make pinot noir wine, scientists said Tuesday.The seed reveals that people in France have been cultivating this immensely...

Like tiny photobombers, cosmic anomalies resembling small, bright red points show up in almost every snapshot taken by the most powerful space telescope ever made. Astronomers now call them little red dots, or LRDs, but there is no agreement yet on what exactly they...

Researchers have discovered multiple rare and new species in previously unexplored caves in Cambodia, including a flying snake and a florescent-turquoise pit viper.Those creatures were found during a multi-year biodiversity study that surveyed more than 60 limestone...

A combination of infrared imaging, thermal imaging and color cameras on an uncrewed drone, along with an AI system to interpret the data, can help emergency responders and search-and-rescue teams locate, identify and track people who have gone missing in the...

BERLIN (AP) — Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea, racing against time in an effort to save its life.Experts gathered Tuesday morning on the Timmendorfer Strand beach to find a way to get...