Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede is producing 'chorus waves' one million times more powerful than average.
Scientists have been studying a meteorite that dates back to a time before the birth of our solar system.
A runaway global warming effect may still occur even if countries do manage to slash CO2 emissions.
22-year-old Brock Meister from Indiana managed to survive having his skull detach completely from his spine.
The iconic rover, which landed on Mars six years ago, has celebrated with a self-congratulating Tweet.
The contents of a 19th-century time capsule unearthed in Massachusetts still remain something of a mystery.
The huge object is 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter and has a magnetic field 200 times more powerful.
An anonymous guest has returned a stolen key to Lumley Castle hotel in Durham after four decades.
A large Earth-like world has emerged as the most likely place to look for life outside of our solar system.
The new mineral is reportedly harder than diamond and has a never-before-seen molecular structure.
Scientists in Russia have discovered a rather unusual property of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza.
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now on the hunt for habitable extrasolar worlds.
21-year-old Ed Pratt from the UK completed the epic 21,000-mile challenge within approximately 40 months.
The third rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo provided its pilots with a spectacular view of our planet.
Scientists believe that they have identified a body of water situated beneath the planet's south polar ice cap.
Scientists have revamped the scale used to determine the significance of potential extraterrestrial signals.
Prof Ron Mallett has spent his life pursuing the dream of building a time machine so that he can save his father.
The signatures of extraterrestrial life on Jupiter's moon Europa could lie mere centimeters beneath the ice.
Scientists have discovered that the Milky Way once had a sibling that was consumed by our neighboring galaxy.
A petition has been launched to encourage people to drink the water from a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus.