Europe's Planck space telescope pictures the colossal swathes of cold dust that spread through the Milky Way galaxy.

Scientists have created the largest-ever "quantum state", a result that has implications for quantum physics and computing.

A new temperate planet, found 1,500 light-years away from Earth, has similarities to planets within our own Solar System.

More answers have surfaced in the case of two mysterious tombstones found inside a Triangle VA home

Victoria Road Prison in the Isle of Man opened in 1891 and has been housing criminals for over a century.

Populations of many species living in the high Arctic have declined by one quarter, according to a new assessment measuring how the wildlife there is responding to environmental change.

Four-leaf clovers sometimes pop up among the three-leaf kind due to a genetic mutation.

Behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum

Ukrainian archaeologists say they have found the HMS Prince, a British naval vessel sunk during the Crimean War.

Groups of monkeys pay more attention to females than to males when learning a task, say scientists.

Two government press adverts aimed at raising awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks.

A man who was left in a coma for 6 weeks following a car accident woke up to find he had a foreign accent. Known as Foreign Accent Syndrome the rare c...

A member of the International Church of Jediism has received an apology after being kicked out of a job centre. The Jedi believer was asked to remove ...

Danny Penman explores the real story behind the secret military project to employ psychic powers in warfare. The title of the film and book "The Men W...

Many Africans blame themselves for climate change despite relatively low emissions from the continent, a survey of 1,000 people suggests.