The approaching spacecraft has snapped photographs of what appears to be polar ice on the dwarf planet.
The enormous fish, which grows up to 36ft, is believed to have sparked many legends about sea monsters.
After more than a decade in space NASA's Messenger spacecraft has ended its mission with a bang.
New mathematical models lend credence to the idea that we live in a universe that is essentially flat.
A woman who had been filming the eruption also recorded an object that had appeared in the sky nearby.
A chamber containing 11,200 cubic miles of molten rock has been found below Yellowstone National Park.
A Scottish tourism body has launched a new campaign to gain formal recognition for the Loch Ness Monster.
The space agency has formed a new coalition of scientists from a wide range of different fields.
The team had been looking for ghosts at a store in Derby when they ran in to a pair of thieves.
Scientists have identified a huge void in space that measures over 1.8 billion light years across.
Samantha Cristoforetti did her best Captain Janeway impression for an epic orbital selfie this week.
Annabel Beam's experience was accompanied by the inexplicable disappearance of all her health problems.
The Chilean government has concluded that an object witnessed over a copper mine was not man-made.
Scientists have been investigating human hibernation as a way to enable long-haul space trips.
Vit Jedlicka has declared the creation of Liberland, a new independent state between Serbia and Croatia.
A new study has investigated what causes the planet to inexplicably vibrate at very low frequencies.
The last remaining male northern white rhino has four armed guards protecting him 24 hours a day.
Scientists have warned that a volcanic eruption could cause widespread disaster in the near future.
Infrared images of the dwarf planet have revealed that the bright spots seem to behave in different ways.
Astronomers in Australia discovered an unexpected source for a series of mysterious radio signals.