Curiosity, is about to start drilling into the Red Planet for the first time, after discovering a treasure trove of what looks like water-created minerals.

Martian rocks from a crater hit by a meteorite may contain the strongest evidence yet that there is life on Mars.

In the aftermath of the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., President Obama has moved to strengthen America's gun laws

Ahmed Dogan’s valedictory speech as leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms instantly became international news

A new asteroid-mining company launched Tuesday with the goal of helping humanity expand across the solar system

It's the latest pet project from the Pentagon's research wing known for its quirky and sometimes out-there ideas.

There’s a story in each 140 character tweet we send out. Collect 400 million of them each day, and you have the story of a country.

The fireball that lit up the predawn Northern California sky last week was a small comet that flamed out when it hit the Earth's atmosphere, a researcher said.

During more than 65 years of research, Fawcett wrote numerous articles about unidentified flying objects in such publications as Argosy, True magazine and Flying Saucers Review.

A real-life "tractor beam", which uses light to attract objects, has been developed by scientists.

Ever look up at the stars and wonder if some bug-eyed creature is doing the same? It turns out at least one does: the dung beetle

The last time NASA fired an F-1 in anger was in 1972, with the launch of Apollo 17.

Hacktivist movement Anonymous has hijacked the US Sentencing Commission website as a personal vendetta to retaliate against the justice system

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Refine an asteroid deflection plan that will attempt to bring a little piece of Armageddon to a space rock in 2022.