NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
A man who claims to be from the future is subjected to a lie detector test in a rather dubious new video.
If we ever do make contact with intelligent aliens, would we have any chance of understanding them ?
Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev demonstrated their football skills ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Children born to parents living in a colony on Mars will be the very definition of the word 'Martian'.
The enigmatic dwarf planet is home to a 'riot of processes' that continue to surprise researchers.
Conservationists have reported that the number of gorillas in one region of Rwanda has now doubled.
Police are investigating a mysterious fire at what is thought to be one of Scotland's most haunted buildings.
A young girl's description of an imaginary friend that visits her at night has recently gone viral online.
Up to a dozen islands off the far north coast of Queensland have now been closed to the public.
The document goes in to more detail about a strange object that was pursued by two fighter jets back in 2004.
Giant troughs running for hundreds of kilometers have been found deep beneath the ice at the South Pole.
Researchers in Germany may have found an explanation for the thrust produced by the controversial drive.
A new fossil discovery has revealed that the early supercontinent split more slowly than previously believed.
The launch of two new satellites in to orbit will enable scientists to study the evolution of our planet's climate.
Police in Ohio were shocked to discover that a call about a pig following a man home was actually genuine.
An asteroid believed to be from another solar system has been found orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction.
Hot on the heels of 'laurel or yanny' comes another audio clip that seems to say two completely different things.
The origins of a mysterious 800-year-old shipwreck have been determined thanks to a rather helpful label.
NASA's new spacecraft has returned a breathtaking two-second exposure which features over 200,000 stars.