At least one super-Earth — a planet that is larger than Earth, but smaller than Neptune — could have formed close to the Sun, suggests a new study.

A super-Earth may have once formed close to the sun.

Findings of a new study suggest that this young super-Earth formed after clearing up the solid objects that lay between the sun and Mercury. Unfortunately, this primordial world was eventually consumed by the solar system's star after succumbing to its gravity.

The Las Vegas Valley Water District temporarily fixed the residential roadway that left one woman and her children stuck after driving into a sinkhole on Monday.

The Friends of Gold Butte Speaker Series in Mesquite will open a new year on Wednesday night.

From injectable HIV meds via CytoDyn's PRO 140 to HIV prevention via PrEP, from subdermal implants and cellular scissors to x-ray crystallography, this has been an amazing year for medical breakthroughs in HIV. Here's a roundup of some of the hottest new advances and studies in the field.

Listener Hutch Humphreys of San Diego sent Marketplace this question: “I was wondering what research has gone into the various algorithms airlines use for boarding passengers, and why most of those algorithms do not seem to work very well.”

There are planets close enough to each other that could share life and boost its survival, a new study suggests. Scientists are exploring the potential presence of "multihabitable systems," planetary systems with more than one habitable planet.

Aside from a handful of astronauts, the only living beings to have seen an inhabited planet looming large in the sky come from science fiction.

It was 34 years ago, in 1981, that the first patients of the HIV virus were identified. Today, there remain 36.9 million people worldwide living with HIV.

It was 34 years ago, in 1981, that the first patients of the HIV virus were identified. Today, there remain 36.9 million people worldwide living with HIV.

One UNLV professor is taking a unique approach to researching obesity and obesity-associated diseases.

With millions of people infected with the HIV virus world-wide, a cure has yet to be found. The reason why vaccines and drugs are so hard to develop for this virus relates to both mutation and latency of the virus.