British astronaut Tim Peake dialed up an unsuspecting pensioner and said, 'hello, is this planet Earth ?'
The US Air Force is planning to equip its planes with high-tech laser weapons within only five years.
New evidence has revealed that life may have appeared on Earth 300 million years earlier than thought.
A careers adviser from Warwickshire in England used the old WWII shell to hold flowers for 30 years.
Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io may possess a hidden subterranean ocean comprised of molten rock.
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell believes that visitors from space may have prevented armageddon.
A new species of centipede has been found inside a cave system 4,700ft below the Earth's surface.
Palaentologists have unearthed a cousin of Triceratops with a spectacular crown-like frill on its head.
A sophisticated new laser defence system could soon be making its way on to drones and fighter jets.
Explorer George Kourounis has become the first person to descend in to Turkmenistan's infamous fire pit.
Geologists have been investigating a glowing orange hole that opened up on a Chinese mountain.
The British Ministry of Defence has delayed the release of 18 'bombshell' documents by several months.
Despite its hellish conditions, Venus may have once had its own version of Earth's oceans.
An engraving found on a fossilized shell is believed to have been made over 430,000 years ago.
Sales of the century-old parlour game are through the roof thanks to the release of the movie 'Ouija'.
A drone fitted with a high quality camera has ventured in to the fiery heart of a volcano in Iceland.
Eccentric inventor Geoffrey Pyke came up with a number of unorthodox weapon concepts during the war.
The skeleton of a dog the size of a Great Dane has been unearthed during an archaeological dig.
Archaeologists have unearthed a strange bird-like dinosaur dating back more than 66 million years.
The weather conditions found on a brown dwarf 6.5 light years away have been mapped for the first time.