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Evidence of extragalactic planets discovered
Feb 8, 2018Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch is a huge success
VIDEO Feb 6, 2018The world's most powerful rocket has successfully blasted off in to the heavens on its first test flight.
MH370 search vessel disappears for 3 days
Feb 6, 2018The ship tasked with locating the wreck of flight MH370 went dark for several days and nobody knows why.
Vahana 'flying car' passes first flight test
Feb 5, 2018The autonomous flying passenger drone has taken to the skies for the first time at a test site in Oregon.
Dinosaur tracks found outside NASA Goddard
VIDEO Feb 1, 2018100 million-year-old dinosaur and mammal tracks have been found at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Hunt for missing flight MH370 set to resume
Jan 7, 2018A US-based exploration firm is set to begin hunting for the whereabouts of the missing plane's wreckage.
Toronto lighthouse keeper's ghost still haunts
Jan 3, 2018More than 200 years after his death, the mystery of J.P. Radan Muller's final resting place endures.
New material could change warfare forever
Dec 26, 2017Researchers have used graphene to create a material that is ultra-lightweight but also bulletproof.
NASA working on plan to visit Proxima Centauri
Dec 20, 2017The mission would involve traveling 4.3 light years at around ten per cent of the speed of light.
New video lets you fly in to space and back
VIDEO Dec 17, 2017Blue Origin has released new footage recorded from inside its space capsule during a recent test flight.
Glowing trees could replace street lights
VIDEO Dec 16, 2017By embedding nanoparticles in leaves, scientists at MIT have created plants that glow in the dark.
Man spontaneously combusts on London street
Dec 15, 2017Police are appealing for information after a pensioner inexplicably burst in to flames in broad daylight.
Artist freed from marble block after 19 days
VIDEO Dec 1, 2017Belgian artist Mikes Poppe chained himself to the marble to highlight the 'inescapable burden of history'.
Fireball lights up the night sky over Finland
VIDEO Nov 18, 2017A time-lapse camera captured the moment an intense fireball streaked across the sky over Lapland.
New Earth-sized extrasolar planet discovered
Nov 16, 2017Situated just 11 light years away, Ross 128 b is shaping up to be a promising place to look for life.
Dream Chaser completes successful glide test
Nov 13, 2017Sierra Nevada has announced that its Dream Chaser spaceplane has completed a critical free-flight test.
Giant 'planet' found at the galaxy's center
Nov 11, 2017A mysterious world 4,000 times more massive than the Earth has been found lurking 22,000 light years away.
Flying insect numbers drop by 75% in 27 years
Oct 20, 2017A new study has highlighted a huge reduction in the number of flying insects in Germany's nature reserves.
Neutron star smash signals major breakthrough
VIDEO Oct 16, 2017For the first time ever, gravitational waves and light have been picked up from the same cosmic event.
Woman finds two duelling snakes in her shower
VIDEO Oct 4, 2017Petrina Murphy discovered the pythons wriggling around in her shower after they fell from a skylight.
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