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A molten lava world cloaked in a thick envelope of vaporized rock could be the strongest evidence we have yet of a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere beyond our Solar System.

The borderlands of black holes ought to be chaotic spaces where the rate at which matter is drawn across into oblivion is held back only by the blinding fury of radiation spilling away from the edge of darkness.

It's one of humanity's scariest what-ifs - that the technology we develop to make our lives better develops a will of its own.

Mathematics is a "science which requires a great amount of imagination", said the 19th-century Russian maths professor Sofya Kovalevskaya - a pioneering figure for women's equality in this subject.

Dozens of laboratory mice allowed to roam a large outdoor enclosure returned to a typical level of mouse anxiety after just one week, researchers observed, suggesting that 'rewilding' may prevent lab-induced fear responses from developing in the ...

Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit.

Stuck in front of our screens all day, we often ignore our senses beyond sound and vision.

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and in it I was born".

As Christmas Eve draws near, we're reminded of the tireless elves behind the scenes, toiling in workshops to bring festive magic to life.

A compound produced by gut bacteria could play a vital role in managing and preventing type 2 diabetes, according to a study led by researchers from Imperial College London (ICL).