The European Space Agency believes humans will be living on the lunar surface within the next 14 years.
A gorilla who can speak sign language has appeared in a new video to raise awareness for climate change.
Our planet may be at higher risk from a large comet impact than from a conventional rocky asteroid.
Following on from Halloween's close encounter, another seasonal asteroid will soon be paying us a visit.
Scientists have found evidence that a prehistoric species of human was still alive relatively recently.
The US Air Force is planning to equip its planes with high-tech laser weapons within only five years.
A remarkable new find has suggested that the Romans may have visited North America 2,000 years ago.
A potentially habitable terrestrial planet has been discovered in the relatively nearby Wolf 1061 system.
Festive revelers will be treated to a full moon this Christmas for the first time in almost four decades.
The Soyuz spacecraft has successfully arrived at the station following a tense manual docking maneuver.
The new platform is able to solve problems 100 million times faster than a conventional desktop PC.
One of the largest hauls of sunken treasure in the world has finally been located after 300 years.
Hundreds of dinosaur footprints have been found preserved in rocks along the coast of a Scottish island.
Humai is aiming to make it possible to freeze someone's brain and resurrect them again within 30 years.
Former police officer Alan Godfry had a close encounter with a UFO while on patrol back in November 1980.
A photograph taken in the 1990s appears to show a creepy figure in white at the end of a corridor.
Scientists have announced a breakthrough in the development of an effective new stealth technology.
A newly identified extrasolar planet is so close by that it should be possible to observe its atmosphere.
Something unusual seems to be happening to the famed Fortingall Yew - one of the oldest trees in Europe.
A new NASA study has called in to question what we know of global warming and rising sea levels.