Scientists are hoping to send a probe to find signs of life on Jupiter's ice-covered waterworld moon.
The twin lunar orbiters Ebb and Flow are being prepared for their final descent on Monday.
NASA's Messenger probe has revealed frozen organic materials on the closest planet to the sun.
Researchers have discovered microbes living in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
Dangerous debris orbiting around Pluto could prove a hazard to NASA's approaching New Horizons probe.
Scientists are exploring possible ways in which to send a probe to Titan that can sail on its lakes.
Two Japanese researchers have invented a device that can stop even the most ardent chatterbox.
The miniscule New Zealand mudsnail has been found in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
The ship used by Captain Robert Scott on his doomed trip to Antarctica has been located off Greenland.
A famous abduction case in Scotland in 1992 allegedly sparked a top secret investigation by the military.
Psychologists are using Ouija boards to explore how we communicate with our subsconcious mind.
Move over Face on Mars - Disney's beloved mascot has been photographed by the Messenger probe.
A thriving pea soup of plankton has been found living in the frozen depths below arctic ice sheets.
The cremation of a 200kg woman didn't go according to plan as her excess body fat blocked an air filter.
Work being carried out on the Arctic ice sheets could aid in the hunt for life on other worlds.
The European Space Agency is to send a 1bn-Euro space probe to visit Jupiter and its icy moons.
A controversial new theory by Danish researchers has linked carbon dioxide levels with obesity.
Scientists are hoping to serve up an edible test-tube hamburger as early as October of this year.
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft has detected matter from outside our solar system.
Russian space officials have claimed that cosmic radiation was to blame for the demise of Phobos-Grunt.