This week: Wolves cloned, mice given "human" vision, world's oldest perfume found, France releases UFO files, and more.

Since they (probably) can't use the Force, NASA scientists turned to a space telescope to reveal that planets not unlike Luke Skywalker's home world could form around binary stars.

A new NASA image colors our the gas giant in a surprising new light (namely purple), depicting gargantuan auroras ignited by volcanic particles.

For the second time in 11 years, a brightly colored galaxy is garnering worldwide attention for housing a brilliant supernova.

Using a technique adapted from oil and gas exploration, researchers have made the best estimate to date of the temperature of the core-mantle boundary.

Scientists have created two clones of an endangered gray wolf, raising the question of whether cloning could be the conservation tool of the future.

A bizarre, six-sided cloud formation that extends deep into the atmosphere could be a key to solving the mystery of how fast the gas giant is spinning.

A space rock the size of three football fields may have slammed into California more than 35 million years ago, leaving a crater more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) wide.

A scanner that can detect weapons without revealing a person's intimate body parts or identity could replace more invasive x-ray technology, an expert says.

One of the largest poisonous cane toads ever recorded was captured yesterday in a nighttime "raid" as part of a nationwide campaign to eradicate the toxic pests.

The unique ability of marmoset embryos to exchange practically any type of cell - including reproductive cells - may explain the animals' strange child care system.

It'd yield calamari the size of tractor tires, but that's not why scientists might use a giant microwave machine to defrost this recently caught sea monster.

Scientists are working on a new nanotech material that may be light enough and sturdy enough to protect deep-space astronauts from deadly interstellar radiation.

A few rodents are seeing red (and other colors) for the first time, thanks to a genetic experiment that gave them enhanced color vision.

A 3.8-billion-year-old rock formation provides much earlier evidence for plate tectonics on Earth—and may even help explain the origin of life.