A mile-long asteroid shaped a bit like a hippopotamus has skipped us by on its closest approach in 400 years.
Novice hang glider Chris Gursky almost died after his pilot failed to attach his safety harness.
Daredevil climber Alain Robert has climbed up London's Heron Tower with no ropes or safety equipment.
The 24-year-old had discovered the unexploded World War II tank artillery shell while she was out hiking.
The new system offers a much-needed safety feature to help stranded astronauts get back to the ISS.
Known as Florence, the 2.7-mile asteroid is the largest near-Earth object ever recorded by NASA.
The huge space rock is due to pass within a safe distance of our planet at the beginning of September.
Insect-based edibles are beginning to appear in shops after a recent revision of food safety laws.
The asteroid known as 2012 TC4 is set to pass us by at a safe distance of 27,300 miles in October.
Alleged sightings of the cryptozoological creature have sparked concerns over the safety of local pets.
Referred to as the 'first nation state in space', Asgardia will seek to safeguard the entire planet.
Skydiver Luke Aikins will be attempting to jump from 25,000ft and land in a safety net on live TV.
Road safety authorities have created a model of a human being that has evolved to survive car accidents.
A madcap laser junkie has created a device that is 33 million times brighter than the surface of the sun.
A team from the State University of New York at Buffalo created their own magma as part of an experiment.
Tim Peake, Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko touched down safely aboard their Soyuz capsule on Saturday.
A new study has found that electric eels are able to jump out of the water to electrocute predators.
Scientists have created a new type of data storage that can keep information safe for billions of years.
New evidence suggests that the men who escaped the infamous prison 50 years ago did make it to safety.
Amid the numerous doomsday predictions of recent weeks comes the news that we are actually quite safe.