Elizabeth Goldbaum

Young adults in the United States are waiting longer to get married than they did nearly 50 years ago, according to a new analysis of census data.

See the unique mosaics that decorated an ancient synagogue.

Stunning mosaics have turned up during an archaeological dig of a fifth-century synagogue in northern Israel.

Novel gold spirals unearthed in Danish town with a reputation for mystical gold.

A pile of 2,000 tangled gold spirals that bring to mind heaps of the fairy tale princess Rapunzel's golden locks were recently unearthed in Denmark.

People age at different rates, and now, a new study finds that people's tendency to age more slowly or quickly than their contemporaries is evident in healthy people as young as their 30s.

A towering icon of Yosemite National Park just got a face-lift, as a huge slab of rock recently peeled off Half Dome, possibly changing the route up to the top for climbers.

Scientists are peeling back layers of paint to get to the root of an enduring plague that is threatening century-old art by the likes of Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Henri Matisse.

Spotting dark, gooey and flammable tar on the beach — remnants from an oil spill in Southern California in May — just got a lot easier, thanks to NASA.

A solar plane currently soaring over the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Hawaii, has set a slew of new world records, logging the farthest and longest flights made so far in a solar-powered aircraft.

New photographs of deep-sea creatures could hold the key to helping predict climate change.

See the vibrant creatures who dwell on the Arctic Ocean seafloor.

A dark, moonless sky is awash in light radiating from an aurora over Antarctica in a new image released by NASA.

Deep in the Red Sea, beyond the reach of most scuba divers, coral reefs are putting on a glowing, colorful show, scientists have discovered.

When large chunks of ice break off of a glacier and plop with a giant splash into the chilly water, the result can be lots of thunderous shaking.

California's four-year-long drought is helping fuel its first major forest fire of the year, a blaze that is engulfing federal land about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.

This Sunday (June 21) marks the summer solstice, the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

U.S. officials destroyed more than 1 ton of illegal ivory in New York City on June 19, 2015.