As we humans grow older and wiser, it's not unusual to feel as if time were whizzing by, quietly gathering speed with every year.

Many stars sedately tread the measure of the galaxies they inhabit, slowly orbiting the galactic core. Not a star called PSR J0002+6216, though. PSR J0002+6216, astronomers have discovered, is rocketing through the Milky Way at absolutely breakneck

A meteor that exploded above the clouds over the Bering Sea in December was caught on camera by NASA's eyes in the sky.

Jupiter's anomalous size and location in our Solar System has been puzzling researchers for years, since it doesn't fit with our understanding of planetary formation. Now, astronomers think they've figured out how the gas giant ended up in its curi

We all knew the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex was big. But palaeontologists in Canada have just identified the biggest lizard tyrant king yet - its name is Scotty, and boy was it a corker.

The fastest-shrinking glacier in Greenland has made an unexpected turn.

An international team has managed to capture an elusive state of matter that stays stable even at room temperature. It's called a supercrystal, and all it took were laser pulses shorter than a blink of the eye.

Terrestrial organisms stuck on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) have survived 533 days in the vacuum, intense ultraviolet radiation, and extreme temperature variations of space.

For the very first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the formation of a giant storm - or a Great Dark Spot - on the icy surface of Neptune.

It started off as an enigma. Biologists at field sites around the world reported that frogs had simply disappeared.

A peculiar new paper, published in a little-known scientific journal, has the tabloids stirred up about the possibility of life on Mars.

The International Space Station (ISS) is about to place a call. But not just any old ISS call. It's going to be via X-rays: the first test of NASA's newly developed X-ray communication system, called XCOM.

Physicists have measured the sound of 'nothingness' at room temperature - an important step in our future ability to listen in to the Universe.

Human ingenuity is no match for evolution. An exceptional new video shows a tiny tropical lizard breathing underwater from a sort of "scuba tank" on its head.

We just got some massive news in the ongoing drive to switch to renewable energy: scientists have identified 530,000 sites worldwide suitable for pumped-hydro energy storage, capable of storing more than enough energy to power the entire planet.

There was a big stir when reports emerged that the Curiosity rover had detected methane on Mars. But there was a problem: it could not be ruled out that its sensors were wiggy, or something was misinterpreted.

Scientists have figured out how to genetically alter bacteria to churn out super-strong spider silk.

Just because the Mars rovers are all the way over on the Red Planet, that doesn't mean they don't get to enjoy a bit of eclipse fun. And with two moons on rapid orbits, Mars sees a lot of eclipses.