An artist’s conception shows Starfish Space’s Otter spacecraft in geosynchronous Earth orbit. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has been awarded a $54.5 million ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Starfish, also known as sea stars, are equipped with an almost alien-like anatomy. Despite lacking a brain, blood, and central nervous system, these odd creatures still have locomotive abilities. The ...

While many embrace the joys of winter, the inevitable task of clearing snow and ice after a significant storm often proves less appealing.

Starfish Space’s Otter is designed to rendezvous with and safely deorbit satellites without prior modifications. Credit: Starfish Space WASHINGTON — Starfish Space has won a contract from the Space ...

An expedition off the coast of Massachusetts has confirmed the existence of a freshwater reservoir beneath the seafloor. Now, scientists are starting to understand when and how it formed. When you ...

Only about 3% of the world's water is freshwater, with much of it locked up in glaciers and ice caps, primarily in Antarctica and Greenland. As climate change bites, some areas are running dry — and ...

Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers. This is shown by new research based on analyses of a mosasaur tooth found in ...

It pulsed like a tiny heartbeat — a clear, quarter-sized jellyfish rising through the calm water of Taft Lake, sunlight flickering through its translucent body. The sight stopped Kate Lucas mid-paddle ...

As the world’s oceans undergo a dramatic rise in temperature, jellyfish blooms have become a regular occurrence, threatening both beachgoing tourists and coastal infrastructure around the world. But ...

This summer scientists drilled deep below the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northeastern US and tapped into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater — what they discovered could have big ...

Researchers said Monday that a bacteria related to cholera was responsible for the deaths of more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific Coast of North America since 2013. The discovery, reported in ...