A comet bombardment that occurred on Mars 3.9 billion years ago may have created habitable conditions.
The SETI Institute is aiming to find evidence of aliens in a place where nobody had thought to look.
The Window of the World amusement park in Shenzhen, China has set up a rather unusual attraction.
Scientists have been able to determine the skin color of a snake that lived over 10 million years ago.
A new study has suggested that it may be possible to stop alien civilizations from discovering us.
The largest shark that ever lived may have been driven to extinction by competition from other predators.
A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
A cross between a robot and a beetle, the cybernetic insect can be commanded to walk or run on demand.
The case for a hidden gas giant in the outer solar system continues to go from strength to strength.
Two Italian archaeologists have been piecing together what Jesus and his Apostles would have eaten.
After a smooth launch, ESA's ExoMars probe was almost blown to pieces in a rocket stage explosion.
Scrolls from the time of the volcanic disaster that buried Pompeii have been examined by scientists.
Researchers have determined that the late playwright's skull was 'probably stolen' over 200 years ago.
The futuristic lunar settlement would not only attract scientists and explorers but tourists as well.
A common genetic mutation has given many women the ability to see more colors than the rest of us.
A British historian has found hidden annotations within the pages of a Bible published back in 1535.
A BBC film crew has captured footage of a gigantic green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Russia is working on a new propulsion system that has the potential to revolutionize space travel.
A recently discovered fossil could contain what scientists have been seeking for years: dinosaur DNA.
Researchers at Harvard University have developed a way to quickly change the opacity of a glass window.