Rats with spinal cord injuries recovered motor function after being injected with a blue food-coloring derivative--possibly opening the door to the first major treatment for human spinal-trauma patients, a new study says.

The recently explored Son Doong cave, filled with poisonous centipedes and towering stalagmites, beats out the previous world-record holder for the largest single cave passage ever found, British explorers report.

See a "flash mob" fill a train station with feathers, a bogus beach beguile in Old Blighty, a moon rock return to space, and more in the week's best news pictures.

On July 22, 2009, the moon's shadow blotted out Taiwan and a chunk of southeastern China, as seen by an orbiting Japanese satellite.

The July, 22, 2009, total solar eclipse, the longest-lasting of the 21st century, darkened the skies over some of Asia's most densely populated regions.

From the limestone caves to the world's tallest waterfall—"the eyes of the planet" are on the finalists from which the seven natural wonders of the world will be chosen.

Dust devils create a "rainbow" on Mars, Jupiter gets a bruise, an astronaut sets a spacewalk record, and more in this week's best space pictures.

Although the hit took astronomers by surprise, its dark aftermath is still visible as a massive "bruise" on the gas giant's south pole.

Although the hit took astronomers by surprise, its dark aftermath is still visible as a huge new spot on the gas giant's south pole.

From Apollo milestones to international moon artifacts, get an inside look at the videos, maps, photos, and more in the newest addition to Google's free 3-D globe software.

Forty years have passed since humans first walked on the moon, but many conspiracy theorists still insist that it was all an elaborate hoax. Examine the evidence, and find out why experts say some of the most common claims simply don't hold water.

New images from NASA spacecraft show the Apollo landing sites in sharp detail. Compare photographs of moon-landing bases taken before and after the astronauts landed on the moon.

As records have resurfaced, enthusiasts working from an abandoned McDonald's have begun restoring famous images of the moon made by the 1960s Lunar Orbiter spacecraft in unprecedented detail.

A white tiger dives into the blue, Google goes three-wheeling at Stonehenge, a conservator "camps" at Westminster Abbey, and more in the week's best news pictures.

Forty years have passed since humans first walked on the moon, but many conspiracy theorists still insist that it was all an elaborate hoax. Examine the evidence, and find out why experts say some of the most common claims simply don't hold water.