An unexpectedly high amount of the organic molecule has been found coming from Saturn's icy moon.
In an interview on his 75th birthday, Professor Stephen Hawking warned of the dangers of global warming.
It has been exactly two decades since NASA's Pathfinder mission touched down on the surface of Mars.
The remarkable longevity of Roman sea piers has proven something of a mystery to modern engineers.
Peter Thiel has reportedly contributed $100,000 towards efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth.
Archaeologists have located the site of a gruesome structure that was built from hundreds of human skulls.
Being the world's tallest animal, is the giraffe more prone to lightning strikes than other animals ?
The research has indicated that neonicotinoid pesticides are harmful to both honeybees and wild bees.
A crystal clear photograph taken by the Opportunity rover shows an unidentified object sitting nearby.
NASA has played down the suggestion that it is on the verge of announcing the discovery of alien life.
Scientists have determined that merely having your phone nearby can reduce your capacity to concentrate.
Researchers have finally worked out why some bird eggs are rounder while others are more pointy.
A French scientist is working on a novel new way to keep Earth's orbit clear of defunct satellites.
ESA is set to launch a new satellite that will seek out potentially habitable extrasolar planets.
The forensic animals will be used to help sniff out the aviator's final resting place on Nikumaroro.
Stephen Hawking is hoping to send a space probe to a potentially habitable world around Alpha Centauri.
A mass extinction event 200 million years ago made it possible for the dinosaurs to dominate the planet.
Scientists believe that these new worlds lie in the 'Goldilocks zone' of their respective solar systems.
A major new study has revealed how cats went from wild animals to one of mankind's closest friends.
New research has indicated that unborn babies are already capable of picking out face-like shapes.