A Star Trek fan brandished the deadly weapon after his wife got in to an argument with their neighbor.
A new wolf-coyote hybrid species is starting to take over and could already number in the millions.
Two massive stars locked in a deadly embrace have been discovered over 160,000 light years away.
Jupiter's icy moon may have had deliveries of pre-life ingredients thanks to penetrating comet impacts.
Astronomers have been left puzzled by a star that appears to have an unexplained mass orbiting around it.
A new UK-based startup company has an ambitious plan to automate the process of planting trees.
Boston Dynamics' all-terrain four-legged robot has been joining US marines on their training exercises.
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku maintains that many Star Trek technologies will become a reality.
Astrophysicists are hoping to one day track the spread of life from one star system to another.
Scientists have demonstrated that a comet impact can kick-start the formation of complex molecules.
Professor Geraint Lewis believes that traveling at warp speed may actually be a viable possibility.
Scientists have highlighted the fact that the stars in the sky are slowly but surely fading away.
Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
Astronomers have discovered a planet that has been described as a 'potential gold mine of science data'.
A glow similar to the Northern Lights has been picked up around a brown dwarf star 20 light years away.
A member of the Welsh government offered a bizarrely tongue-in-cheek response to a query about UFOs.
A real-life version of Tony Stark's augmented reality display has been developed by researchers.
Charles Osborne started hiccuping in 1922 and was unable to find a solution no matter what he tried.
Astronomers have identified a planet the size of Mars orbiting a star 200 light years from the Earth.
A cat called Matilda has been raising eyebrows online due to her extremely unusual appearance.