ESA's Mars Express orbiter has photographed a long white cloud lingering eerily over the planet's surface.
The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
Wojciech Jabczynski couldn't believe his eyes when he found the ginger tabby on Poland's highest peak.
One of Saturn's moons has thrown up a new mystery in the form of oddly straight lines etched in to its surface.
The unnerving statues, which date back 800 years, were unearthed in the ruins of the ancient city of Chan Chan.
Scientists have created a device that can levitate small objects even when something else is in the way.
Construction workers in Georgia got the surprise of their lives when they made the grisly discovery last week.
French authorities have been hunting for a mystery killer who has so far slaughtered more than 100 pet rabbits.
Footage recorded in an Albuquerque branch of Dion's shows kitchen equipment moving all on its own.
According to a new paper, a thriving extraterrestrial world could be predominantly purple rather than green.
The discovery has cemented Archaeopteryx as a transitional form between non-avian dinosaurs and birds.
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.
Researchers from Florida International University have identified the first new species of crocodile in 85 years.
Daredevil climber Alain Robert has climbed up London's Heron Tower with no ropes or safety equipment.
An island in the remote Hawaiian archipelago was wiped off the face of the Earth by a storm earlier this month.
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.
This remarkable video footage shows the forest floor moving up and down as though breathing in and out.
Boston Dynamics' increasingly sophisticated canine contraption has now learned how to dance.