Stephen Hawking's theory of energy being emitted by a black hole may finally earn him a Nobel Prize.
After a smooth launch, ESA's ExoMars probe was almost blown to pieces in a rocket stage explosion.
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) successfully launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan this morning.
Europe and Russia are launching a joint mission next week to land a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
New images from the New Horizons probe suggest that Charon once had a sub-surface ocean of liquid water.
Beginning back in October of last year, the Welsh village of Eglwyswrw has experienced rain every day.
NASA has released breathtaking new images of Pluto's surface taken by the New Horizons probe.
750 million-year-old fossils have revealed evidence of a deadly microbe with vampiric tendencies.
Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed the peculiar proclamation as a fun way to tackle natural disasters.
A company in California is hoping to become to the first private venture to land a probe on the moon.
Some of the most bizarre scientific pursuits were recognized this week with the coveted Ig Nobel Prize.
NASA's New Horizons probe might have finished with Pluto but its mission is not over by a long shot.
New images from the New Horizons probe have revealed another vast region of mountains on Pluto's surface.
NASA has confirmed today that the New Horizons probe has successfully made its closest approach to Pluto.
Just 10 days away from reaching Pluto the spacecraft has suffered an unexplained communications failure.
The Rosetta probe's companion lander Philae has finally awoken after losing power in November.
New research has emphasized the remarkable persistence of life even in the cold vacuum of space.
China's burgeoning space program is set to attempt something that nobody has ever tried before.
A special brain scanner has been used to find out what happens when someone has 'left their body'.
After a journey of more than three billion miles the probe is expected to reach its destination in July.