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'World UFO Day' is celebrated once again
Jul 2, 2018The annual event invites enthusiasts to venture outside and 'watch the skies' for signs of extraterrestrial visitors.
Kepler-186f is more habitable than we thought
Jul 2, 2018An extrasolar world 500 light years away could be the most promising place yet to look for alien life.
Blood moon prompts fresh doomsday warnings
Jun 27, 2018Next month's spectacular blood moon will not bring about the end of days, despite the usual doom-mongering.
Climbers turn Mt Everest in to a rubbish dump
Jun 19, 2018The world-famous mountain has ended up covered in discarded rubbish thanks to careless climbing parties.
MIT develops world's first 'psychopathic' AI
Jun 13, 2018The disturbing experiment has been designed to highlight the potential dangers of intelligent machines.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
Jun 9, 2018Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
World's oldest animal footprints discovered
VIDEO Jun 7, 2018Scientists have found the fossil footprints of a creature that walked the Earth 541 million years ago.
Cosmonauts play football on the space station
VIDEO Jun 2, 2018Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev demonstrated their football skills ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Australian islands closed due to rat invasion
May 28, 2018Up to a dozen islands off the far north coast of Queensland have now been closed to the public.
Woman to become world's oldest mother at 70
May 25, 2018A mother-of-seven in Mexico has claimed that she is six months pregnant with her eighth child at the age of 70.
It's official - Hitler really did die in 1945
May 21, 2018A recent analysis of Hitler's teeth has confirmed once and for all that he did not fake his own death.
World's smallest house built using nanorobotics
May 19, 2018Scientists in France have created a house so small that not even a mite would be able to fit through the door.
128-year-old woman 'miserable her entire life'
May 19, 2018A woman thought to be the world's oldest living human has referred to her extremely long life as a 'punishment'.
Further evidence of Planet Nine discovered
May 18, 2018A small solar system object with a strange orbit has hinted at the presence of a large, unknown world.
How is the Leaning Tower of Pisa still standing?
May 10, 2018Scientists believe that they have finally determined how the world-famous structure is still standing after so long.
Breakthrough Listen expands search for aliens
May 9, 2018The world's most comprehensive hunt for intelligent extraterrestrials is about to begin its next major phase.
University to host grenade-throwing contest
Apr 27, 2018Students who are bored of throwing the javelin or discus can now engage in a spot of grenade-tossing instead.
World's largest wind turbine to be 853ft tall
VIDEO Apr 26, 2018The upcoming 12 megawatt wind power platform will be almost three times the height of the Statue of Liberty.
'World's largest mosquito' discovered in China
VIDEO Apr 25, 2018A Chinese entomologist found the insect, which has a wingspan of 11.5cm, during a field trip last year.
Hubble Space Telescope has turned 28
Apr 24, 2018The world-famous telescope has been capturing images of the cosmos for the better part of three decades.
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