Scientists believe that the light reflected from space dust and grit from asteroid collision known as exozodiacal light prevents them from finding small exoplanets and their alien suns.

As per NASA, the size of the Antarctic's ozone hole has not changed in one year. Last year, the size of the hole at peak was 9.3 million square miles. On September 11, 2014, the size was found to be the same.

Experts have said that the Limon province is being affected with the ash coming from Costa Rica's Turrialba Volcano. They also said that ash again reached several areas north of San Joséash again reached several areas north of San José. It is believed that it is the first time that ash had appeared in Limon, falling on the city of Guapiles.

Wednesday saw the confirmation of the presence of the southern pine beetle (SPB) in New York State by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) along with many state and federal agencies.

NOAA Fisheries has unveiled through its annual report the amount of fish and shellfish landed by US fishermen in 2013. The 2013 annual report showed that US fishermen landed some 9.9 billion pounds of fish and shellfish, meaning $388 million increase from 2012.

A student from University of Florida claimed that he has a tooth of giant shark that would have swum millions of years ago. According to Steven Pensabene, a 23-year-old University of Florida agriculture operations management junior, the 5-inch tooth that he found in the sandy soil of a Gainesville creek could belong to a 50-foot shark.

The two large bones that were discovered almost 50 years ago have baffled experts for years. Some researchers thought these bones belonged to a frightening carnivorous dinosaur, while some believed that the bones belonged to an oversized sloth-like creature.

Researchers have recently discovered that being able to restrict the delivery of power to a laser, like those used in CD players and military surveillance, could play a vital role in significantly boosting its output.