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.
A mysterious star with an atmosphere dominated by oxygen has left scientists scratching their heads.
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a group of massive stars over 170,000 light years away.
Engineers have developed a new material that is capable of turning airborne water vapor in to a liquid.
An 11,000-year-old pendant unearthed in Yorkshire has been inscribed with a series of lines and symbols.
The latest incarnation of the eerily human-like robot looks about ready to start taking over the world.
Falcons and kites in Australia have been starting bush fires in an effort to smoke out small animals.
The cloud of gas will trigger an explosion of star formation but will take 30 million years to get here.
Astronomers have identified what is believed to be the largest solar system ever discovered.
Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that we could face annihilation if we do not colonize other worlds.