The bleeding edge bomber remains shrouded in secrecy and its costs may be spiraling out of control.
Located at the center of a quasar, the object is more than two billion times more massive than our sun.
Scientists have suggested that dark matter might be the main culprit in mass extinction events.
The SuperSTEM 3 is capable of examining objects a million times smaller than a human hair.
Researchers have found a way to 'jam' the genetic code of the virus which affects millions every year.
A solar system dating back billions of years points to the likelihood that Earth-sized worlds are common.
The asteroid known as 2004 BL86 flew past the Earth this week at a distance of 1.2 million kilometers.
Palaeontologists have discovered the remains of a carnivorous reptile dating back 240 million years.
Gibbons may communicate in a way that is similar to how early humans spoke millions of years ago.
Archaeologists have been excavating a gigantic burial site containing up to one million mummies.
The world's oceans have become a dumping ground for almost 270,000 tons of waste plastics.
Our early primate ancestors are likely to have consumed alcohol in the form of fermented fruit.
Geo-engineering schemes designed to tackle global warming could prove disastrous for billions of people.
A Japanese construction company is planning to build underwater complexes that corkscrew in to the ocean.
New observations have revealed that the intergalactic void may be filled with orphan stars.
More than 107 million orb-weaver spiders are thought to be responsible for the spectacle.
The massive Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will provide astronomers with unparalleled views of the cosmos.
New predictions suggest that the population will rise by another 4 billion by the end of the century.
The remains of an adult male lion were found stuffed inside a freezer by an environmental health officer.
Scientists have determined that oxygen-producing life forms appeared around 3 billion years ago.