Elon Musk is hoping to land the first astronauts on the surface of Mars within as little as seven years.
For the first time ever, a method known as 'chemical surgery' has been used to fix a faulty human gene.
Authorities in the US have arrested a woman on suspicion of murdering her future husband's former wife.
Known as the 'vika' rat, the new species has a set of teeth so powerful that it can crack open coconuts.
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 4,000-year-old tomb containing a jar of headless toads.
Transport authorities in the United Arab Emirates are hoping to offer an autonomous flying taxi service.
The man behind this month's doomsday prophecy has pushed the apocalypse back another few weeks.
New evidence has shed light on exactly how huge stone blocks were transported to the site of the pyramids.
A doctored image of Yoda at the United Nations has somehow ended up in a history textbook.
NASA's Juno probe has sent back four breathtaking new images of the gas giant's swirling atmosphere.
ESA's ambitious 'Moon village' plan could see humans living on the lunar surface within 25 years.
Former Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov made a decision in 1983 that may have saved the world.
Rumors of another apocalyptic collision with the mythical planet Nibiru have been circulating the Internet.
An upcoming mission designed to test out the deflection of a large asteroid has hit a bit of a snag.
Members of the gloomy octopus species have created their own underwater settlement dubbed 'Octlantis'.
Marine archaeologists unexpectedly stumbled across a goldmine of shipwrecks during a recent expedition.
Scientists have discovered evidence of a 'hot zone' feeding a supervolcano in southern Italy.
Venus, Mars and Mercury will all be temporarily disappearing behind the Moon over the next few hours.
50-year-old Ady Zivelonghi from Coventry has won the face-pulling contest for the second year in a row.
One biologist decided to take a hands-on approach to studying the powerful shock of an electric eel.