A sudden and intense period of solar flare activity almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse back in 1967.
Astronomers are no closer to explaining the erratic behavior of this perplexing stellar phenomenon.
A vast expanse of space totally devoid of new stars has been found at the heart of our own galaxy.
An engineering firm has attempted to calculate how much Captain Kirk's ship would actually cost to run.
The unseasonably warmer weather appears to be having an adverse effect on the Siberian permafrost.
Scientists have identified water clouds around a brown dwarf star that is 7.2 light years from the Earth.
A man and his three kids were left shocked after a swing started moving erratically all on its own.
Special structures enabled early Europeans to view the stars long before the invention of the telescope.
An American woman has been arrested for sending a series of death threats to the world-famous physicist.
A large hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer is finally starting to show signs of healing up.
Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet in a distant binary star system.
He might not be Tony Stark, but the SpaceX CEO is not entirely dissimilar to the comic book billionaire
Brad Sapp thought he was going mad when he started hearing a voice in the early hours of the morning.
Teenager William Gadoury has become a social media sensation after locating a city in the Yucatan jungle.
Having started out as little more than an Internet meme, Slender Man is now set to star in his own film.
Workmen in Saudi Arabia were left scratching their heads when sand started erupting from the ground.
Astronomers have identified three new terrestrial worlds around a relatively close 'ultracool' star.
Residents of Fukuoka were perplexed when a thick layer of foam started to engulf the city's streets.
An ambitious new project is aiming to make interstellar travel a reality within just three decades.
The SETI Institute is aiming to find evidence of aliens in a place where nobody had thought to look.