This remarkable footage shows a seemingly enormous Moon disappearing rapidly beneath the horizon.
NASA has announced this week that complex organic matter has been found in an ancient lake bed on Mars.
Scientists have found the fossil footprints of a creature that walked the Earth 541 million years ago.
Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of primate that lived around 400,000 years ago.
A recently released photograph appears to confirm the existence of a secretive Chinese drone project.
French long distance swimmer Ben Lecomte has set off in a bid to become the first person ever to swim the Pacific.
It appears as though the space agency's Curiosity rover has discovered something interesting on Mars.
Motorists in British Columbia were less than impressed when sewage started to rain down on their cars last month.
Scientists have come up with an alternative explanation for the peculiar orbits of some distant objects.
NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
A man who claims to be from the future is subjected to a lie detector test in a rather dubious new video.
If we ever do make contact with intelligent aliens, would we have any chance of understanding them ?
The unique device acts as a third limb, enabling soldiers to aim and fire heavier weapons during combat.
81-year-old David Harding was 'mortified' to discover what looked like a dead shark in a large test tube.
Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev demonstrated their football skills ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Video footage of a dog in Argentina that wouldn't stop staring at a wall has gone viral this week.
Children born to parents living in a colony on Mars will be the very definition of the word 'Martian'.
Eoin O'Faodhagain from Donegal captured the video from a webcam that overlooks the famous Scottish loch.
The enigmatic dwarf planet is home to a 'riot of processes' that continue to surprise researchers.
Conservationists have reported that the number of gorillas in one region of Rwanda has now doubled.