Elon Musk's private space firm is aiming to land a spacecraft on the Red Planet within just two years.
Astronomers have discovered what they believe is a potentially Earth-like world in a nearby solar system.
The fossil organ was discovered inside the remains of a fish specimen dating back 119 million years.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has picked up particles of dust originating from outside our solar system.
An ambitious new project is aiming to make interstellar travel a reality within just three decades.
A new viral video appears to show oblivious snowboarder Kelly Murphy being pursued by a large bear.
30 years on, Scandinavia is still suffering from the after-effects of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
In a world first, researchers have managed to successfully thaw a cryonically frozen rabbit brain.
A comet bombardment that occurred on Mars 3.9 billion years ago may have created habitable conditions.
A man with over 30 years of aviation experience has recorded footage of two unknown objects over Ohio.
Scientists have been able to determine the skin color of a snake that lived over 10 million years ago.
The US space agency has suggested that it would be possible to build a 'cheap' moon base by 2022.
Researchers have determined that the late playwright's skull was 'probably stolen' over 200 years ago.
The USS Conestoga, which vanished without a trace in 1921, has finally been found near San Francisco.
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a group of massive stars over 170,000 light years away.
This outlandish prehistoric creature had left scientists scratching their heads for over 50 years.
A popular viral video shows a woman seemingly vanish in the middle of an interview on Danish television.
Authorities in Egypt have confirmed the discovery of two hidden chambers inside Tutankhamun's tomb.
A recently discovered fossil could contain what scientists have been seeking for years: dinosaur DNA.
As of today, Auschwitz death camp survivor Yisrael Kristal is exactly 112 years and 178 days old.