Solar Impulse aeroplane reaches Ohio

Solar Impulse has landed in the US state of Ohio following the 12th stage of its circumnavigation of the globe.
22 May 2016

Evidence of ancient tsunamis on Mars

Scientists suggest that at least two huge tsunamis once swept across the Red Planet, triggered by large impacts.
20 May 2016

Scientists find evidence of alien life under mysterious water world

Oceans on Europa, one of Jupiter’s 67 known moons, might have a lot in common with our own oceans, including a chemical balance capable of harboring life, according to a new study released by NASA on Tuesday.
19 May 2016

Australia sets world record for solar cell efficiency

An Australian scientist creates a device that pushes solar energy conversion efficiency to 34.5 percent, marking a new world record.
19 May 2016

Superbugs will 'kill every three seconds'

Superbugs will kill someone every three seconds by 2050 unless the world acts now, a hugely influential report says.
19 May 2016

Mastodon meal scraps revise US prehistory

Stone tools and bones from a butchered mastodon, found at the bottom of a river in Florida, are shaking up the known history of humans in the region.
14 May 2016

Kepler telescope discovers 100 Earth-sized planets

Nasa's Kepler telescope has discovered more than 100 Earth-sized planets orbiting alien stars.
11 May 2016

'Perfect storm' of El Niño and warming boosted Alberta fires

El Niño and ongoing climate change have both contributed to the devastating Alberta wildfires according to experts.
6 May 2016

In visuals: Curiosity's first visit to Martian dunes

Curiosity is a rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Let’s take a closer look into the Martian land, more specifically its dunes.
3 May 2016

Scientists discover three 'potentially habitable' planets

An international team of scientists said Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside our solar system.
3 May 2016

Scientists raise fear of higher Zika risk

The mosquito-borne Zika virus may be even more dangerous than previously thought, scientists in Brazil say.
2 May 2016

SpaceX targets 2018 for first Mars mission

SpaceX plans to send an unmanned Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018, a first step in achieving founder Elon Musk’s goal to fly people to another planet.
28 April 2016

'New state of water molecule discovered'

Water molecules have been observed behaving unlike gas, liquid or solid states by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, reports UPI.com.
26 April 2016

Direct evidence of ancient Mars’s oxygen-rich atmosphere

Rocks on the surface of Mars have provided the best clue yet that the red planet once had an atmosphere rich in oxygen.
23 April 2016

Hubble captures breathtaking portrait of Blue Bubble in space

There’s no bursting this bubble. The folks at the Hubble Space Telescope have released magnificent images of a “gigantic cosmic soap bubble” to celebrate Hubble’s 26th anniversary in space.
22 April 2016

Gravitational wave mission passes 'sanity check'

A European Space Agency effort to try to detect gravitational waves in space is not only technically feasible but compelling, a new report finds.
19 April 2016

The ancient Peruvian mystery solved from space

In one of the most arid regions in the world a series of carefully constructed, spiralling holes form lines across the landscape. Known as puquios, their origin has been a puzzle – one that could only be solved from space.
19 April 2016

Kettering Cosmos: How school children exposed Soviet secret

The Cuban Missile Crisis pushed the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon and no footprint has yet been left on the Moon. Yet one of the more peculiar twists of the Cold War involved a physics lesson at a provincial grammar school.
16 April 2016

Loch Ness monster find turns out to be film prop

A marine robot deployed in the waters of Scotland's Loch Ness finds the remains of a monster but it turns out to be a prop from a movie shot in 1970.
14 April 2016

Scientists now know why North Pole is moving

Scientists thought that they finally came to know the reasons behind the movement of North Pole.It's not terribly unusual for the rotational pole of a planet to shift, especially since the earth is not perfectly spherical. It tends to wobble a little as it spins on its axis, reports Business Insiders.
12 April 2016