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.
The late Star Trek actor was recently honored with a main-belt asteroid that now bears his name.
Smalltooth sawfish in Florida appear to have developed a novel new way of escaping their own extinction.
Scotland Yard once believed that Star Trek fanatics had the potential to go mad and turn against society.
The 17-year-old had been clinically dead for twenty minutes before his heart started beating again.
A celebration of all things Star Wars has been kickstarted by cries of 'May the Fourth be with you'.
Two amateur astronomers have succeeded in placing a model fighter in to orbit using a weather balloon.
The space agency has reportedly produced a Star Trek style 'warp field' inside an experimental engine.
Samantha Cristoforetti did her best Captain Janeway impression for an epic orbital selfie this week.
A new report has urged the United Nations to ban 'killer robots' before countries start to develop them.
CERN's newly upgraded atom smasher has now resumed operations after a two year hiatus.
Astronomers believe that desert planets similar to Tatooine in Star Wars might actually be common.
Could an alien civilization build a large spherical energy-harvesting structure around a distant star ?