Mathematical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking was best known for his work exploring the relationship between black holes and quantum physics.

The platypus is a truly bizarre beast. So bizarre, in fact, that when British scientists first encountered the "extraordinary" Australian animal, they seriously wondered whether it was an elaborate hoax of different animal bits stuck together.

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.

Scientists hope to learn what makes a ‘typical’ solar system from the European Space Agency’s €450-million probe.

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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.