French long distance swimmer Ben Lecomte has set off in a bid to become the first person ever to swim the Pacific.
A young girl's description of an imaginary friend that visits her at night has recently gone viral online.
The Virgin Galactic founder is aiming to be a passenger aboard the first commercial launch of SpaceShipTwo.
The origins of a mysterious 800-year-old shipwreck have been determined thanks to a rather helpful label.
A new company is planning to rejuvenate dogs with the eventual goal of attempting the same thing in humans.
The world's most comprehensive hunt for intelligent extraterrestrials is about to begin its next major phase.
On planets more massive than the Earth, launching things in to space will be a lot more challenging.
NASA has revealed that its ambitious Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway will launch as early as 2022.
The space agency will be revealing new details of its 'Kilopower' system at the beginning of next month.
A road in the Netherlands has been fitted with rumble strips that play a tune whenever a car drives over them.
Anthropologists have been investigating the origins, evolution and purpose of the humble eyebrow.
The European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter will be starting its mission within the next two weeks.
Virgin Galactic's new spaceplane blasted through the sky on Thursday after firing its rocket engine for the first time.
Two separate airliners encountered an unknown object while flying over the Arizona desert in February.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the light from a very bright star over 9.3 billion lights years away.
A huge crack that opened up in Kenya recently has indicated the beginnings of a new continental split.
An old photo of what is thought to be the house's original foundation has been discovered in a local archive.
Researchers believe that it is very likely that the interstellar asteroid came from a binary star system.
Scientists have found the writings of a 2nd-century Greek physician hidden beneath pages of religious text.
Elon Musk has stressed the importance of sending humans to Mars before the next 'probable' World War.