Astronomers have discovered a dwarf planet located three times further away from the sun than Pluto.
Students were forced to leave their homes after a neighbor attempted a rather extreme cooking recipe.
NASA has revealed what processes turned Mars in to the dry, cold and barren world that we see today.
The International Space Station has made it possible for humans to maintain an ongoing presence in space.
Researchers have managed to record the first ever footage of one of the world's most elusive whales.
A small Greek archipelago has come to be regarded as the ancient shipwreck capital of the world.
The new material is so completely and utterly black that it absorbs 99% of all the light that hits it.
An analysis of dust particles retrieved from the shroud has uncovered plant DNA from all over the world.
New discoveries beneath Berlin support the theory that Hitler escaped at the end of World War II.
The 42nd annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off featured a selection of monstrous vegetables.
The events of the hit Roland Emmerich disaster movie may actually become a reality in the coming decades.
The UK's Bloodhound SSC rocket car will be attempting to break the world land speed record in style.
Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that hostile extraterrestrials could pose a threat to the Earth.
The new mission will attempt a potentially world-saving maneuver by redirecting an asteroid's trajectory.
The ridiculously miniscule snail species is so small that ten could fit inside the eye of a needle.
Despite being 105 years old, Japan's Hidekichi Miyazaki is still participating in running events.
Scientists have determined that early humans had very different hearing abilities than we do today.
The world famous stone monument in Wiltshire, England was once sold at an auction in Salisbury.
An eerie talking female robot called Bina48 has expressed a distinterest in taking over the world.
A remarkable new monitoring computer is so accurate that it can predict when a patient is likely to die.