A team of science students is hoping to become the first to grow plants on the surface of the Red Planet.
Officials have launched an investigation after drones were sighted near seven nuclear power plants.
The space telescope has photographed the eerie remnants of long dead stars in a distant galaxy cluster.
An ancient orange star has revealed hints of one of the first stars to ever exist in the universe.
Hostile seagulls fuelled by an intoxicating diet of flying ants have been causing a nuisance in the UK.
African elephants have more genes dedicated to smell than anything else in the animal kingdom.
Scientists believe that plants, not animals, are responsible for the strange vegetation-topped mounds.
The new discipline of 'astroecology' involves growing plants directly in extraterrestrial environments.
The space agency's next rover could be conducting its very own planet-growth experiment on Mars.
Field guide Ross Couper snapped several pictures as the intoxicated elephants hilariously rolled around.
The company wants to make the Moon brighter for the purpose of lowering global energy usage.
The researcher and author was best known for his work investigating alleged extraterrestrial implants.
The unique inhabitants of the Indian Ocean island Madagascar are on the verge of disappearing forever.
Residents of the New Mexico town have found their homes buried underneath mountains of dried up plants.
Academics have cast doubt on the idea that the inhabitants used up all the island's natural resources.
One of NASA's new upcoming projects will attempt to grow plants on the moon for the first time.
40 years ago Calvin Parker Jr and Charles Hickson encountered a UFO and its otherworldly occupants.
Plants could indrectly lead to health problems and even death during periods of extreme hot weather.
Scientists have discovered evidence that plants are capable of complex mathematical calculations.
With a global decline in pollinators, many plant species will either have to adapt or face extinction.