Astronomers have identified a nearby rocky extrasolar planet that has an atmosphere and lies within its star's habitable zone.
The largest great white shark ever discovered in the Atlantic has been spotted again after not being seen for several months.
It will soon be possible to create day from night using a satellite in orbit - but not everyone is enthusiastic about the idea.
Yet another selection of UFO-related material has made its way onto the Department of War's website.
The find, which is several times older than the Egyptian pyramids, could rewrite the story of America's first human inhabitants.
Nuclear weapons are banned in space, but it may be very difficult to actually determine if any are up there or not.
The long-standing mystery had concerned strange symbols found on the walls of old buildings across England.
Speaking on a podcast recently, Avi Loeb maintained that Lockheed Martin was one of the companies involved in such activities.
The spacecraft, which was the first to visit Pluto, is still continuing its mission to explore the distant reaches of the solar system.
A 'super Earth' extrasolar planet is now thought to be a potentially habitable world able to support extraterrestrial life.
A proposed method of tackling global warming could have devastating consequences for airline passengers and crews.
Authorities attended the scene after a weird red substance was spotted leaking from a large semi-truck.
Megalodon was so large that it makes the oversized sharks from the 'Jaws' movies look like minnows.
Now cockroaches can spend hours underwater - but is augmenting insects really a good idea and where do you draw the line ?
When our star becomes a red giant in the distant future, many scientists believe that it will engulf and destroy the Earth.
The Swift telescope is in a decaying orbit and will soon be unrecoverable if something isn't done within the next few months.
China has deployed an unidentified payload in orbit around the Earth using its secretive Shenlong space plane.
The people who live in a remote part of the Andes seem to have the unique ability to safely drink water that would kill anyone else.
One of the most remarkable celestial shows it is possible to witness will be hitting parts of the world in a couple of months.
The interstellar visitor is now thought to have been on a voyage across the stars lasting more than 12 billion years.