Astronomers have detected a black hole that is spinning so rapidly that it may be causing space itself to rotate.
Motorists this week were met with the unusual spectacle of dozens of salmon swimming across a highway.
Found in the Amazon rainforest, this incredible arachnid looks like a strange cross between a dog and a spider.
A new MIT study has proposed a way to not only attract alien astronomers, but also to communicate with them.
Named Zippy, the new arrival, which was born last month, is one of only two known 'zonkeys' in the UK
After spending years unravelling the mysteries of the dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn has finally run out of fuel.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a herbivorous dinosaur dating back 110 million years.
Footage from Scotland shows a car that has somehow become wedged lengthways between two bollards.
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has photographed a long white cloud lingering eerily over the planet's surface.
The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
Spiritual guidance counsellor Amethyst Realm has taken her otherworldly relationship one step further.
Wojciech Jabczynski couldn't believe his eyes when he found the ginger tabby on Poland's highest peak.
One of Saturn's moons has thrown up a new mystery in the form of oddly straight lines etched in to its surface.
Jim Bruce sighted something very strange in the sky over Prince Edward Island at the end of last month.
Scientists have created a device that can levitate small objects even when something else is in the way.
Construction workers in Georgia got the surprise of their lives when they made the grisly discovery last week.
French authorities have been hunting for a mystery killer who has so far slaughtered more than 100 pet rabbits.
The discovery has cemented Archaeopteryx as a transitional form between non-avian dinosaurs and birds.
Scientists developing Europe's new ExoMars rover are optimistic about its chances of finding life on Mars.
Netherlands-based firm SpaceLife Origin is aiming to make off-world reproduction a reality within six years.