Astronomers have spotted a trio of galaxies that look remarkably like the giant spiral of the Milky Way and its two brightest companions, the Magellanic Clouds

At just 11 light-years from our Solar System, a newly discovered exoplanet is the second-closest we've ever found that's temperate enough to potentially host and sustain life.

It's the oldest known life form on Earth.   A remote, protected world heritage area has been found to be the home of living stromatolites, the world's oldest evidence of lifeforms.   They were found in freshwater spring mounds in the

Yet another step closer.

One of the first things we're told not to do in chemistry class is eat or lick the samples.

The vast majority of humanity can only imagine what it's like to spend your days travelling around the planet and watching its changing clouds, landscapes, cities and lights from far, far above.

Astronomers confirm the source of electron bursts in whistling space waves Space sure is noisy. Every now and then, the drizzle of charged particles that seeps through Earth's protective magnetic shell erupts into a sudden downpour. Researchers

In 2015, NASA announced that it had "the best evidence yet" for water flowing on the surface of Mars: Dark, apparently damp streaks spotted on the Red Planet contained salts associated with liquid water.

Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet (549 metres) high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal.

Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is considering privately funding a mission to Enceladus, one of the prime places to search for life in our solar system

A new record, with weeks to go before the year is up.

Contrary to what you may have heard, there is actually a way to mend a broken heart - but the solution might not be entirely what you're expecting.

We're on the verge of creating autonomous weapons that can kill without any help from humans. Thousands of experts are concerned about this - and the latest campaign effort against this tech is a chilling video demonstrating the kind of future we'r

Our first detailed glimpse at ‘Oumuamua, the interstellar asteroid that recently flew by Earth, shows it’s one of the weirdest asteroids we’ve ever seen

The answer could be hiding in the Drake equation itself.

Humans have soft muscles and rigid skeletons, and when exerted in optimal sync they have the potential to lift a fairly impressive amount of weight.

Flat-Earthers are having one heck of a week. Not only is one of these deniers of terrestrial sphericalness about to embark on a most audacious experiment, but they've now come to the attention of none other than Elon Musk.

The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) has developed new battery material, made from a "graphene ball," which could potentially deliver charging speeds five times faster than today's lithium-ion batteries. Samsung announced the new mat

A physicist from the University of Campinas in Brazil isn't a big fan of the idea that time started with a so-called Big Bang.