A new space elevator concept could see astronauts ascending in to the stratosphere before taking off.
The pages of a special new book are capable of filtering contaminated water to make it drinkable.
Astronomers have identified the smallest ever exoplanet to be directly photographed through a telescope.
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell believes that visitors from space may have prevented armageddon.
New research suggests that drones stress bears out so much that they can suffer a heart attack.
Scientists have warned that the human race may be just as likely to disappear as a rare animal species.
Scientists in China have discovered what appears to be a vast ocean beneath the arid Tarim basin.
A young boy in Thailand can allegedly recall specific details of his previous life as a serpent.
Eagle-eyed anomaly hunters have spotted something that looks like a human figure on the surface of Mars.
A sword found in Lincolsnhire's River Witham in 1825 bears a peculiar inscription that nobody can read.
NASA has released a unique video showing the dark side of the moon as it passes in front of the Earth.
The UN's latest estimates indicate that the Earth's population will grow even faster than expected.
Researchers have finally identified what has been causing loud booming sounds across the state.
Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
Researchers from South Korea and the US have created a robot that is capable of walking on water.
Researchers have revealed that we may only learn of an approaching solar storm twelve hours in advance.
Discovery's Destination America network will be broadcasting an exorcism live on television this year.
Astronomers have discovered a planet that has been described as a 'potential gold mine of science data'.
An infrequent astronomical phenomenon is due to appear tonight for the first time in three years.
A glow similar to the Northern Lights has been picked up around a brown dwarf star 20 light years away.