A new NASA study has revealed just how many potentially habitable worlds there are in our galaxy.
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized world that is drifting freely through the cosmos without a parent star.
An asteroid with enough riches to make everyone on Earth a billionaire is the subject of a new Hubble study.
The haul of several dozen coffins - with mummies inside most of them - is thought to date back 2,600 years.
Palaeontologists have discovered what is thought to be the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon.
A new study has cast doubt on the prevailing theory of how our planet came to possess so much water.
Rumors have been circulating about an asteroid strike on November 2nd, but just how worried should we be ?
Ivan Vagner recently captured something unexplained over the Earth's southern hemisphere.
The US National Weather Service has recorded what is likely to be the highest temperature since records began.
A new study has revealed the immense power of one of the largest crocodilians ever to walk the Earth.
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have safely returned home after two months in space.
Other stars may be able to host more than our own solar system's solitary habitable world, a new study suggests.
A new bombshell report claims that the US government is in possession of exotic materials 'not of this Earth'.
The US Space Force is reportedly working on plans for an experimental outpost in orbit around the Earth.
A new NASA Interim Directive (NID) aims to ensure that Earth is protected from extraterrestrial contamination.
Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil remains of a 70 million-year-old carnivorous fish in Patagonia.
An orbiting spacecraft has picked up a phenomenon that, until now at least, had only been seen on Earth.
Scientists studying our planet's interior have found previously unknown structures beneath the surface.
An eagle-eyed Google Earth user has identified what appear to be several underground tunnel entrances.
The closest known extrasolar planet may also be one of the most Earth-like worlds ever discovered.