Known as Solar Probe Plus, the mission will be officially revealed in an announcement on Wednesday.
An extremely loud bang managed to wake up half the city when it shook houses at 3am on Sunday morning.
They may be giants of the deep today, but blue whales only gained their huge size 2-3 million years ago.
The two-hour spacewalk, which is set to take place on Tuesday, will aim to repair a broken data relay box.
Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been breached by water flooding in through the entrance.
Emergency services were called out in Florida on Tuesday to attend a rather unusual incident.
Last year the Slims river totally vanished in what is thought to be a modern case of 'river piracy'.
A new study has linked a prehistoric population of mammoth hunters with some of today's tallest people.
The space agency will be holding a press briefing on Thursday about 'the search for life beyond Earth'.
A new facility for archiving some of the world's most important documents has opened in the Arctic.
It may one day be possible for over-65s to visit a clinic every few years to receive a rejuvenation shot.
People from several towns across the country reported witnessing the spectacle at 9:30pm on Monday night.
The US Air Force's mysterious space plane is on track to break the mission duration record of 674 days.
In a world first, researchers have managed to create artificial embryos using the stem cells of mice.
This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago.
Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of primordial giant worm with huge snapping jaws.
The breathtaking natural phenomenon was photographed by dozens of people on Monday afternoon.
The space agency is due to announce its latest findings at a press conference on Wednesday morning.
The extremely ambitious endeavour, which is known as 'Mars 2117', was announced in Dubai two days ago.
YouTuber Leslie Haasch decided to try clearing up the snow in her garden while dressed as a dinosaur.