Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence that can be used to run a manned outpost on another world.
The organisms, which sit on a 'major new branch' of the tree of life, were found in woodland in Nova Scotia.
A woman in Peru has claimed that her possessed doll moves on its own and is prone to bouts of violence.
Scientists behind the ExoMars mission have picked out a landing site where they hope to find evidence of alien life.
Known as The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), the international endeavour is expected to take ten years.
According to a new paper, a thriving extraterrestrial world could be predominantly purple rather than green.
Scientists developing Europe's new ExoMars rover are optimistic about its chances of finding life on Mars.
Netherlands-based firm SpaceLife Origin is aiming to make off-world reproduction a reality within six years.
Enough oxygen could exist within salty subsurface water on Mars to support oxygen-breathing microbes.
The life-size replica of the ill-fated vessel will retrace the route taken by the original Titanic on its maiden voyage.
A new report has suggested that searching for evidence of alien life should be part of all future space missions.
A deep sea research vessel has discovered a chain of underwater mountains that are teeming with life.
Researchers have succeeded in hooking together the brains of three people to create a shared network.
A kayaker in New Zealand got the shock of his life when a seal suddenly 'attacked' him in a very unexpected way.
A new study has revealed that ancient Mars had the right conditions to support subterranean microbes.
A new study has cast further light on a mystery fossil that scientists say is as 'strange as life on another planet'.
The new planet is located in the same star system as Spock's home world in the 'Star Trek' universe.
A revolutionary new regenerative treatment that can extend human life could begin clinical trials by 2020.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of water within the depths of the gas giant's famous Great Red Spot.
A new study has determined how a volcanic eruption 205 million years ago wiped out 90 percent of all life on Earth.