The closest known extrasolar planet may also be one of the most Earth-like worlds ever discovered.
Three boys in Bolivia recently got more than they bargained for when they tried to become Spider-Man.
Sir Richard Branson's new satellite launching company didn't have much luck with its debut flight yesterday.
Scientists have found a way to communicate letters and shapes by 'tracing' them directly into the brain.
It looks as though China may be about to take the lead in the global effort to detect an alien signal.
For future settlers, living and working on Mars could mean having to undergo genetic modification.
During lockdown, the enigmatic mansion is as quiet as it was during the days Sarah Winchester lived there.
Astronomers have spotted something unexpected in an object that shares the same orbit as the gas giant Jupiter.
One realtor in California has come up with a unique way of generating interest in a house that's up for sale.
The SpaceX CEO has responded to the claim that his plans to terraform the Red Planet are largely impractical.
Sightings of unidentified lights north of Rio de Janeiro last week managed to spark quite a ruckus online.
New research has determined that scroll fragments thought to be blank do in fact contain very faint text.
The space agency is aiming to establish principles of peaceful co-operation with its international partners.
Newly declassified documents contain specific details of the unidentified objects encountered by US Navy pilots.
Astronomers have identified a distant exoplanet with a size and orbit comparable to that of the Earth.
A magnet fisherman in England has reeled in a haul of 60 lead cubes inscribed with strange symbols.
A new study has indicated that salty water may be more common on the Martian surface than previously believed.
Researchers have found a lizard with such an extreme case of constipation that its weight is 80% faeces.
A stunning new image of the solar system's largest planet was put together from hundreds of shots.
A young driving fan from Utah recently attempted to drive hundreds of miles to buy himself a supercar.