NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has outlined the space agency's plans for getting humans to Mars.
Astronomer royal Martin Rees believes that we are likely to encounter machine-based extraterrestrials.
Palaentologists have unearthed a cousin of Triceratops with a spectacular crown-like frill on its head.
The space agency will be testing out its futuristic Mars landing system over Hawaii this week.
The Siloe Patera crater on Mars is now believed to be the collapsed center of an enormous volcano.
Media reports of a close shave with a mile-wide asteroid have thankfully turned out to be exaggerated.
The army is attempting to secure cutting edge materials capable of rendering its soldiers invisible.
A NASA balloon experiment has picked up sounds that wouldn't seem out of place in an X-Files episode.
A celebration of all things Star Wars has been kickstarted by cries of 'May the Fourth be with you'.
The ridiculously accurate projectiles are able to track and hit a moving target over long distances.
A couple celebrating their wedding were shocked to find an unexpected extra in one of their pictures.
Residents of New York City dialled the emergency services after seeing a UFO on Saturday night.
Rather than avoiding harmful pesticides on plants, bees might actually be deliberately targeting them.
The space agency has formed a new coalition of scientists from a wide range of different fields.
A new study has investigated what causes the planet to inexplicably vibrate at very low frequencies.
Astronomers in Australia discovered an unexpected source for a series of mysterious radio signals.
Chief scientist Ellen Stofan stated that we are likely to find evidence of alien life within 20 years.
Computer scientist Valery Spiridonov is set to become the first man in history to undergo the procedure.
Cosmologist Fergus Simpson believes that intelligent extraterrestrials would be much larger than we are.
CERN's newly upgraded atom smasher has now resumed operations after a two year hiatus.