A record-breaking rainbow lasting almost nine hours has been recorded by two scientists in Taiwan.
SpaceX is preparing to launch its powerful new Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in November.
The final resting place of legendary Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu has been unearthed in Fuzhou.
A new iTunes music track consisting of absolutely nothing at all has been steadily climbing the charts.
NASA and other agencies have been posting up photographs and videos of yesterday's total solar eclipse.
A radio station in Russia has been broadcasting a mysterious signal non-stop for more than 35 years.
With bodies consisting almost entirely of legs, these undersea arthropods are truly bizarre creatures.
The forensic animals will be used to help sniff out the aviator's final resting place on Nikumaroro.
The space agency has revealed its latest list of new Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) projects.
The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is set to be placed inside a huge thermal vacuum chamber.
Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Ramses II statue within a Cairo slum.
Scientists have developed a new testing method to aid in the hunt for extraterrestrial life forms.
China claims that it is currently testing the 'impossible' space engine on the Tiangong 2 space station.
The futuristic-sounding device is designed to combat the threat posed by cheap unmanned aerial drones.
Being high up above the planet didn't stop astronaut Shane Kimbrough from casting his vote last week.
The Rosetta spacecraft has finally managed to locate its companion probe on the surface of comet 67P.
Astronomers are attempting to determine the nature of a strange signal picked up by a Russian telescope.
The final resting place of a missing boat called the Darlwyne has been located after five decades.
A peculiar, foul smelling black liquid has been filmed pouring out in to an underground walkway in Japan.
The newly discovered exoplanet experiences days lasting up to 140 Earth-years thanks to its trio of suns.