Boeing shows off Mach 5+ hypersonic warplane – the potential replacement for SR-71 Blackbird
The aerospace giant showcased a demo model of the hypersonic aircraft at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech forum in Orlando.
Mysterious pits discovered on Moon could be tunnels leading to hidden underground ice
The pits were discovered by astronomers assessing images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
Watch: Robot strippers rock the stage at this Las Vegas club during CES 2018
Sapphire Club in Las Vegas debuted two robotic exotic dancers in a bid to attract attendees from CES 2018, the biggest consumer electronics show of the year.
Distant supermassive black hole caught feeding and blasting out double cosmic 'burps'
Astronomers have captured "burps" in the past but this is the first time a supermassive black hole has been caught burping twice.
Watch: Mammoth whale pushes diver to protect her from deadly tiger shark attack
Sixty-three-year-old marine biologist Nan Hauser believes the creature steered her away from the certain attack of a tiger shark.
Orion Nebula in 3D: Stunning Nasa video captures baby stars, glowing cosmic clouds like never before
The video lets us dive deep into the nebula, which is located some 1,350 light years away from Earth.
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo nails another glide test, inches closer to first powered flight
How soon Virgin Galactic will start its short trips to space depend on the progress of these flights.
200-million-year-old fossils reveal how early butterflies thrived before the first flowers appeared
Researchers, Timo van Eldijk and Bas van de Schootbrugge, have discovered the oldest known fossil remains of moths and butterflies, dating back to more than 200 million years ago.
Building blocks of life found in ancient meteorites that fell to Earth 20 years ago
This is the first time water and organic matter associated with it has been found at the same place.
Second iPhone battery explodes at Apple Store in Europe - this time in Spain
The explosion comes just a day after an iPhone 6S battery exploded in Zurich, burning the hand of a repairman who was removing it from the device.
Watch this frightening 8,000-pound robotic exoskeleton that can race up to 20mph
The exoskeleton amplifies the motion of the driver and could soon be the star of a new form racing.
Climate change could lead to marine food shortage, posing a serious threat to sea life
Warm ocean waters and rising CO2 levels are likely to disturb the food chain.
This AI has started to read people's minds and the results are pretty scary
The system scans brain waves to recreate visualisations of thoughts, which carry an uncanny resemblance to what a person is actually seeing or thinking.
Snow falls in Sahara desert for third time in 40 years: See the breathtaking images here
Sand dunes in the Algerian town of Ain Sefra were blanketed by a 16-inch thick layer of snow. This was only the third snowfall to be recorded in the town.
Nasa captures Saturn's icy rings and cute little moon in a breathtaking cosmic shot
Cassini's narrow-angle camera took the snapshot on 12 February, 2016 when the spacecraft was flying approximately 1.2 million kilometres away from its innermost moon.
Climate change is turning green sea turtles in the Great Barrier Reef female - here's how
More than 99% of green sea turtles coming from the northern Great Barrier Reef are females, study finds.
5,000-year-old rock art in India could be the oldest supernova evidence in human history
The rock art represents two cosmic objects, a full moon and a star which exploded sometime around 3,600BC.
High above Jupiter: Nasa captures turbulent Jovian clouds in stunning new photo
The spectacular image was taken by the Juno spacecraft from a distance of about 13,345km.
Watch: US Air Force's potential A-10 replacements take to the skies from a dirt runway
The planes took off and landed on the uneven dirt airstrip located in the Melrose Air Force Range training area in New Mexico.
Mysterious 'stick-like figures' spark theories about ancient creatures on Mars
The formations captured by the Curiosity rover are one to two millimetres wide and up to five millimetres long.
Hundreds of supersized stars spotted in nearby galaxy, could throw light on evolution of the universe
The stars have been spotted in the Large Magellanic Cloud called 30 Doradus or the Tarantula nebula.
Jupiter and Mars conjunction: Earth's planetary siblings coming together for rare celestial reunion
The spectacular event can be viewed with the naked eye and there is no need for a telescope.
How to cure Tinnitus? This novel device could help silence that maddening ringing in your ears
The device has already shown signs of promise, reducing the severity of the condition in 20 patients.
Watch: Life-saving drones delivering blood bags to remote African regions
The unique service, launched jointly by California-based start-up Zipline and Rwanda government, delivers crucial blood bags to remote regions of the nation in 30 minutes or less.
Revolutionary bionic hand brings back woman's ability to touch and 'feel'
Unlike previous versions, the novel robotic hand is compact enough to be carried and used outside a laboratory.
Novel scanning technique reveals secret writings on ancient mummy boxes
The technique could provide historians new insights into ancient Egyptians and their everyday lives.
Nasa's asteroid hunter captures Earth-Moon duo in a breathtaking shot
The image was taken from a distance of about 5 million kilometres.
What is speed breeding? Nasa-inspired technique can accelerate wheat production threefold
The method is not just faster but also cheaper than current commercial breeding techniques that use vapour lamps.
Rare 'wolf moon' captured in breathtaking images – the biggest and brightest supermoon of 2018
The lunar event marked the second episode of the famous "Supermoon trilogy" that started in December and is slated to end with the 31 January blue blood red moon.
World could run out of chocolate by 2050 but there might be a way to save it
"All the indicators are that we could be looking at a chocolate deficit of 100,000 tonnes a year in the next few years," researcher Doug Hawkins said.