A new study has revealed that Saturn's rings may be slowly falling on to the gas giant as 'ring rain'.
After a harrowing descent through the Martian atmosphere, the probe has finally reached its destination.
It turns out that the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex was more than adept at turning quickly on the spot.
A record-breaking 80,000-year-old clonal colony of aspen trees in central Utah is in danger of being wiped out.
Scientists have started to slowly unravel the mystery of three skeletons found buried in a massive granite coffin.
Paranormal investigator Joshua Warren claims to have found evidence of the anomaly to the north of Las Vegas.
A new fossil discovery has revealed that the early supercontinent split more slowly than previously believed.
Known as Biostasis, the program aims to increase the odds of survival for injured soldiers on the battlefield.
A periodic slowing of the rotation of the Earth is likely to result in an upsurge in earthquakes next year.
The skeleton of a young Neanderthal has revealed that our brains did not develop at the same rate.
Scientists have conceded that the outlook for the world's largest coral reef is looking increasingly grim.
Mars may not be the most obvious place to look for rings, but that could soon be set to change.
A worryingly large rift in one of the Antarctic's biggest ice shelves has been continuing to grow.
Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
The find could make it possible to slow down or even prevent our hair from going grey as we get older.
Scientists have highlighted the fact that the stars in the sky are slowly but surely fading away.
Dozens of people reported a huge, slow-moving object passing over their homes on Tuesday night.
Physicists in Scotland have slowed down the speed at which light travels through air for the first time.
New predictions suggest that the population will rise by another 4 billion by the end of the century.
Scientists believe that excess heat is currently being stored in the depths of the world's oceans.