The state-of-the-art train managed a top speed of 603km/h on a test track near Mount Fuji this week.
A new study has investigated what causes the planet to inexplicably vibrate at very low frequencies.
Infrared images of the dwarf planet have revealed that the bright spots seem to behave in different ways.
NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of liquid water forming near to the planet's surface.
Wandering planets that aren't part of a solar system might still be capable of supporting life.
Several new studies appear to support the idea that the moon formed after a collision between two worlds.
The Red Planet is home to a large volume of glacial ice buried beneath a layer of surface dust.
Astronomers believe that desert planets similar to Tatooine in Star Wars might actually be common.
There could be two potentially habitable planets in a binary star system just 4.3 light years away.
NASA has revealed that the rover has found further evidence of organic molecules on the Red Planet.
An image of a 'mushroom cloud' on the Red Planet has caught the attention of conspiracy theorists.
Scientists have argued that a nearby Earth-like world dismissed as 'noise' is actually a real planet.
NASA has revealed that another mysterious bright spot has been discovered on the dwarf planet's surface.
A red dwarf star is thought to have passed within one light year of our planet 70,000 years ago.
Scientists have been left scratching their heads over a 1,000km plume spotted high above the planet Mars.
A controversial new claim suggests that evidence of 'directed panspermia' has been found by scientists.
Some extrasolar planets that appear to be habitable may have lost the capacity to support life long ago.
Scientists have discovered that there is another core nestled deep within the inner core of our planet.
Scientists in Australia have determined that Earth-like planets are likely to be commonplace.
Astronomers have found a planet with rings over 200 times larger than those found around Saturn.