As NASA's shuttle program ends other countries are moving forward with their own spaceflight plans.
A family narrowly escaped after being thrown from their sofa following a lightning strike in their home.
Space shuttle Atlantis has launched successfully from Cape Canaveral for the very last time.
After 30 years of space shuttle launches next month will see the end of an era for manned space flight.
An old light bulb first used in 1901 is still working today after being in use for over 110 years.
A new method of creating laser light from a single cell may help improve light-based therapies.
A film of a strange light in the sky taken by a farmer in New Zealand has become an internet hit.
Tasmanian resident Brendon Hill filmed a series of strange lights in the skies over Mayfield last week.
US company plans to offer space flight tours including a breathtaking trip around the moon.
European scientists have declared a nearby planet with Earth-like conditions to be habitable.
A 10-year-old was left shaken after a lightning bolt hit her shoulder while she was sitting at a window.
Study sheds light on the origins of leprosy for people who have the malady yet don't know how they got it
A man jogging along a quiet road gets struck two times by lightning in the space of a minute.
Burial ground believed to contain Neanderthal remains sheds light on their burial customs.
John Edwards believes that he saw Jesus and the city of light while lying in an emergancy room.
Sightings of a series of lights moving across the sky over Chicago have hit the headlines this week.
Three red lights caught on film over Colorado during the weekend have generated a lot of interest online.
At the end of a 27 year program, Discovery's first pilot recalls his harrowing first experiences.
Strange orange lights sighted over Maryborough have left authorities and weather experts baffled.
Air traffic controllers in Yakutsk claim to have been buzzed by a UFO and contacted by its occupants.