Oregon firefighters battling wildfires across the state have a new "force" on their team:  a plush Baby Yoda doll.  The adorable alien tyke, from Disney's popular Star Wars seri...

Though it has been retired since 2018, the observations made by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope during its decade-long mission continue to allow researchers to identify new worlds...

When 22-year-old giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a healthy cub on August 21, 2020, Smithsonian's National Zoo officials were both excited and anxious. That's because giant p...

For the past four years, the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama, Japan, has been bringing Pokémon’s most famous character to life with a Pikachu Outbreak Festival. The event, whi...

Zipping across the solar system in an electric car may seem like something straight out of a science fiction movie. However, that is exactly what Starman — a mannequin dressed i...

Suspended liquids and inverted floating boats may seem like something straight out of a Harry Potter novel. However,  as a team of scientists at the ESPCI in Paris, France, rece...