The most volcanically active body in the solar system recently exceeded its own reputation when an eruption on its surface sent up a plume of frozen gas the size of New Hampshire.
Even as the last of its magnets is put into place, the Large Hadron Collider is facing the possibility of postponement due to a piece that broke with a bang in March.
An explosive image of a dozen stars' birth pangs marks the anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, 17 years after it was borne into space by the shuttle Discovery.
Hundreds of venomous cottonmouth snakes thrive on the small, waterless island of Seahorse Key. A biologist thinks he knows the secret to the snakes' success.
The Siberian tiger, the world's largest cat, has hit its highest population total in a hundred years, says the international conservation organization WWF.
Infrared cameras recently captured an image of the Red Square Nebula, a rare cloud of dust and gas so symmetrical that a scientist deemed it "almost perfect."
