The futuristic new weapon is capable of setting fire to targets from a distance of over half a mile away.
A new study has managed to prove that Einstein's theory still holds up even under extreme conditions.
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have photographed a planet forming around a star.
A new theory suggests that an intelligent alien civilization may try to collect and store stars for energy.
Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
Motorists in British Columbia were less than impressed when sewage started to rain down on their cars last month.
Video footage of a dog in Argentina that wouldn't stop staring at a wall has gone viral this week.
NASA's new spacecraft has returned a breathtaking two-second exposure which features over 200,000 stars.
A new company is planning to rejuvenate dogs with the eventual goal of attempting the same thing in humans.
Jumping spiders are capable of launching themselves six times their body length from a standing start.
Scientists still struggle to understand how hiccups start and why certain cures work better than others.
When our star eventually dies, it will go out in a blaze of glory and produce what is known as a planetary nebula.
For the first time ever, scientists have detected helium in the atmosphere of a planet in orbit around a distant star.
Contrary to our understanding of star formation, large stars don't appear to form the same way as smaller ones.
Researchers have put forward the idea of hollowing out an asteroid and using it to travel between the stars.
ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter has started its mission to seek out traces of biologically-produced methane on Mars.
Astronomers from ESA's Gaia mission will tomorrow release the largest map of our galaxy ever created.
The European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter will be starting its mission within the next two weeks.
Space tourism startup Orion Span is offering guests the opportunity to spend 12 days orbiting the planet.
A lack of phosphorus in the universe could mean that Earth-type life is a lot rarer than commonly thought.