NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently photographed a curious object moving at high speed.
Assistant Professor Peter Crockford takes a look at how much life has inhabited this planet since the first cell appeared.
The young boy attempted to gain the powers of the fictional web-slinger by enlisting the services of a black widow spider.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured an image of a mystery rocket part on the lunar surface.
These giant 'scratches' on the surface of the Red Planet were captured on camera by ESA's Mars Express orbiter.
A zoo in Australia has come into possession of one of the largest funnel web spider specimens ever found.
An unfortunate man in Malaysia got a rather rude awakening when he got up to use the bathroom recently.
Three boys in Bolivia recently got more than they bargained for when they tried to become Spider-Man.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed a massive ice avalanche on the surface of Mars.
Photographed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the crater is unlike anything scientists have seen before.
An 86-year-old man has been treated for rabies in the US after a bat emerged from his iPad case and bit him.
An Australian fisherman couldn't believe his eyes when he reeled in the decapitated head of a huge mako shark.
Pound-for-pound, the Galapagos large ground finch has a bite 320 times stronger than Tyrannosaurus rex.
This unusual looking sand dune was captured on camera by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has photographed a long white cloud lingering eerily over the planet's surface.
Peculiar surface features that resemble large spiders can be seen in the latest image from NASA's Mars orbiter.
ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter has started its mission to seek out traces of biologically-produced methane on Mars.
The European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter will be starting its mission within the next two weeks.
The remarkable species, which once roamed what is now China, had a bite comparable to that of a bear.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified the site of an ancient lake on the Red Planet's surface.