Scientists have developed a device that can absorb the light from a laser rather than emitting it.
John Wade Agan is gaining a reputation for misfortune after being struck by lightning in his own home.
A new way to harvest energy from sunlight has been found as gold turns purple in a new experiment.
Scientists are working on technologies that could one day allow faster-than-light space travel.
Astronomers shed light on the 'dark ages' of space following the Big Bang.
Peculiar lights have been spotted over New Zealand in the past few days in three different locations.
A Japanese aquarium has taken to powering its Christmas tree lights using electric eels.
A series of green fireball sightings in Australia 4 years ago could have been a case of ball lightning.
A set of 200 million-year-old teeth has helped scientists shed light on how snake fangs evolved.
Detailed examinations of human and neanderthal teeth have helped to highlight our differences.
Scientists are developing a new system that can decontaminate the air with beams of light.
A formation of mysterious lights over El Paso has mirrored last month's New York sightings.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has succeeded in its first solo glide flight at 45,000 feet.
An Earth-like planet only 20 light years away has been tipped as having the perfect conditions for life.
Boeing has announced that it intends to enter the space tourism industry with flights as early as 2015.
The largest known solar system beyound our own has been discovered around a sun-like star 127 light years away.
These giant, flightless birds that roamed South America 50 million years ago would have been fearsome predators.
Researchers have developed an invisibility cloak out of silk that can bend certain types of light around solid objects.
Residents in South Africa reported a UFO with three bright lights on two consecuctive nights over Pretoria.
Researchers believe that plants are capable of remembering and reacting to information contained in light.