British physicians have successfully used stem cells to repair the degenerating tissue at the back of two patients' eyes in a world first, effectively reversing their diminishing eyesight.

In November 2014, an intense signal was picked up by telescopes all around the world - a black hole 300 million light-years away captured a passing star and tore it apart, devouring its matter.

Constant motion without energy.

When Tiangong-1 rocketed into the sky in 2011, optimists hoped the space station - literal translation: "heavenly palace" - would be a model for a permanent fixture among the stars, a space laboratory that was among humankind's first footsteps in t

Since its deployment in March of 2009, the Kepler space telescope has been a boon for exoplanet-hunters. As of March 8th, 2018, a total of 3,743 exoplanets have been confirmed, 2,649 of which were discovered by Kepler alone.

Setback for James Webb Space Telescope could have broader effects on agency’s astrophysics programme.

Dark matter is confusing at the best of times. But now astronomers have made an extraordinary and perplexing discovery - the first ever observation of a galaxy with almost no dark matter at all.

Last year, after the US withdrawal from the Paris Accord, China's top climate official Xie Zhenhua assured the world that China's commitment to fight climate change was unwavering.

An alarming study that claimed the gene-editing technique CRISPR could produce hundreds of unexpected mutations in edited genomes has now been followed up by its authors, who say they cannot replicate their controversial result.

Scientists have identified a new class of antibiotic that could help us fight the scourge of deadly superbugs, thanks to the molecular properties of something you should have in your diet every day: Vitamin A.

An injectable "vaccine" delivered directly to tumours in mice has been found to eliminate all traces of those tumours, cancer researchers have found - and it works on many different kinds of cancers, including untreated metastases in the same anima

Scientists have used ultrasound machines to figure out exactly what's going on in our joints when we crack them, putting an end to a decades-old debate about where that distinctive cracking sound comes from.

Experiments searching for a solution to one of physics' most perplexing mysteries have recently been delivering their first rounds of results, setting new limits on where we need to look for evidence.

It's not a great feeling to know that you scared your doctors. Unfortunately for a man in the UK, he recently did so: he displayed a case of gonorrhea that so dramatically resisted treatment that it chilled his physicians.

It's one of the happiest-looking, most unassuming objects in your home. It exists only to float and create smiles. But behind the buoyant facade lies a dirty, dangerous secret.

Australia is known for it's strange and adorable wildlife found nowhere else on the planet: koalas, kangaroos, and that giant bird that looks like a dinosaur.

Researchers recently spotted a miniature stomach, duodenum, and small intestine hidden among the cells of lung tumor samples.

Hubble has obtained an absolutely amazing photograph - a blue giant star called Icarus 9 billion light-years from our Solar System, the farthest individual star ever seen. And it's all thanks to a rare alignment of cosmic objects called gravitation

Before humans can set foot on the surface of Mars, robots like the Curiosity Rover have been doing an exhaustive reconnaissance job for us. But now NASA has a new idea for sending over more mechanical explorers - and it's weird, slightly terri

The results of a new comparison between hydrogen's spectral fingerprints and those of its mirror twin are in, and the news is frustrating – they're a match right down to just two parts per trillion.