SETI astronomer Seth Shostak maintains that we will find evidence of intelligent aliens within two decades.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of a UFO sighting at Shag Harbour on Nova Scotia's South Shore.
Thought to be worth more than $250,000, the once-in-a-lifetime discovery was made using a metal detector.
A giant sinkhole has provided something of a refuge for the coral during a time of significant decline.
Elon Musk is hoping to land the first astronauts on the surface of Mars within as little as seven years.
Drought, rather than human hunting, may have wiped out the Tasmanian tiger on the Australian mainland.
Scientists have made a discovery that could push back the emergence of life further than ever before.
ESA's ambitious 'Moon village' plan could see humans living on the lunar surface within 25 years.
A 'hot Jupiter' world situated 1,400 light years away reflects so little light that it appears pitch black.
The species, which has long teetered on the edge of extinction, is finally starting to make a comeback.
A new breeding program is aiming to bring back a species of giant tortoise that died out 150 years ago.
UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined how health care is likely to change over the next decade.
Two extremely powerful solar flares erupted from a large sunspot on the Sun's surface yesterday.
Named 'Ruby', the intriguing pink-hued delicacy is the first new type of chocolate in 80 years.
A new supermassive black hole has been discovered 200 light years from the center of our galaxy.
To date, The Australian Skeptics have yet to see conclusive proof of psychic or paranormal powers.
Researchers have discovered hundreds of new plant and animal species in the Amazon over the last few years.
An Australian researcher may have finally solved the mystery of what happened to La Perouse 230 years ago.
New data from Cassini has suggested that Saturn's rings may only be around 100 million years old.
Palaeontologists have discovered an enormous Ichthyosaurus specimen in a German museum collection.