Situated 40 light-years away, this hellish terrestrial world is like nothing found in our own solar system.
Previously unseen letters and numbers have been found on a metal panel thought to have come from Earhart's plane.
Humans have dominated the planet in a way no other life form has ever done - but for how long is this sustainable ?
The mysterious object, which zoomed off at high speed, was seen in the vicinity of a Coast Guard plane.
The end of the spacecraft's current mission was marked by a series of sonic booms over Florida on Saturday.
Astronomers recently detected a number of large (albeit benign) asteroids obscured by the glare of the Sun.
The vehicle, which remains shrouded in mystery, has been described as a 'reusable experimental spacecraft'.
The space agency has confirmed that its recent mission successfully altered the trajectory of the target asteroid.
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was enormous - but it was by no means the largest ever to hit our planet.
Astronomers have announced that they have identified a relatively nearby exoplanet with the potential to host alien life.
The next-generation space telescope has achieved what astronomers are calling 'a transformative moment'.
A fatal plane crash 12 years ago has since been blamed on a crocodile that got loose during a bungled smuggling attempt.
Scientists have identified a relatively nearby exoplanet that appears to be made up almost entirely of water.
Two astrophysicists explore the possibilities of using the new telescope to analyze the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
A new study has suggested that extraterrestrials could hitch a ride across the cosmos on rogue extrasolar worlds.
Images of anomalous objects on the Red Planet have been doing the rounds for years, but none of them are quite what they seem.
These giant 'scratches' on the surface of the Red Planet were captured on camera by ESA's Mars Express orbiter.
An airline flight from Israel to Turkey was forced to turn around after passengers received unnerving images on their phones.
Taken from a plane in 1971, the image shows what appears to be a metallic saucer flying through the air.
A theoretical new type of telescope could make it possible to obtain close-up views of extrasolar worlds.