The United Nations has revealed that it will be launching a global collaborative spaceflight project.
The world's largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, has crashed while landing in a field after a test flight.
Students in the US have conducted a successful test flight of a small remotely piloted glider aircraft.
Scientists are working on a new type of protective suit made out of lightweight carbon nanotubes.
A witness has captured footage of what is thought to be a rare case of ball lightning on his smartphone.
Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism firm is about to begin test flights of its new SpaceShipTwo.
Scientists have identified water clouds around a brown dwarf star that is 7.2 light years from the Earth.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, as it turns out, is not quite as perfectly designed as is generally believed.
Scientists have determined the processes which create spectacular lightning strikes during an eruption.
Catherine Moreau had been watching a movie during a routine flight when she felt something on her leg.
According to reports, several dozen individuals have been killed by lightning strikes in just two days.
Astronomers have discovered what they believe is a potentially Earth-like world in a nearby solar system.
Scientists have shed new light on how we experience the world through our perception of consciousness.
A lightweight, porous metallic material could pave the way for extremely effective bulletproof armor.
A missing patent for the world's first powered flying machine has been found in an old archive in Kansas.
Researchers are developing clothes that can be cleaned simply by exposing them to a light source.
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a group of massive stars over 170,000 light years away.
The government agency has unveiled plans for a futuristic unmanned vehicle known as 'LightningStrike'.
The world's largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, will be embarking on its maiden voyage next month.
A huge flightless bird called Gastornis is thought to have once roamed what is now the Arctic Circle.