The universe has a knack for throwing curveballs at astronomers. Just when scientists think they’ve got cosmic mechanics figured out, space reveals something so bizarre it rewrites the rulebook. These ...

Pictured here are tar balls – sticky clumps of oil, sand and shells – washed up on Gulf Shores, Alabama, in 2010, following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Here are some of the weirdest things to have ...

For most people, it's fair to expect a walk in the woods to be a largely peaceful experience. When they plan a hiking route, they expect the dirt paths and the underbrush, scattered pine needles, ...