. More than 1,000 orangutans living in the region have been threatened by illegal actions in the forest
Incredible new view is the most accurate 3-D Map of the Milky Way
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
British scientist was famed for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time.
The universe started off as a small singularity 13.8 billion years ago and has been expanding ever since but what came before has always been a mystery.
Nasa's Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's cloud formations at its south pole, as it zoomed around Jupiter during its 11th flyby.
Researchers spotted tell-tale poop stains in Nasa's existing satellite imagery of the Danger Islands, which led the incredible discovery.
Giant 'mega-colonies' of penguins have been discovered among the remote islands of Antarctica, easing fears their numbers had been in decline for decades due to climate change.
South Western Railway has announced that it's entire service will shut down at 8pm UK time due to adverse weather conditions.
The star, S0-2, is one of two that can travel closest to the Sagittarius A* black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
The exoplanet known as WASP-39b has a mass equal to that of Saturn and has been classified as a "hot Saturn".
Designs of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep along with 'S' shaped figures were detected on the bodies of two mummies at the British Museum.
A team of researchers from Harvard University is close to reviving an extinct bird after recreating a near-complete genome of the little bush moa.
The main drill was not used for over a year and engineers MacGyvered a new way to use it.
Archaeologists discovered the submerged prehistoric site, dating back to the Early Archaic period, near the Venice shoreline, off the coast of Florida.
The new discovery also provides clues that could revolutionise our understanding of the mysterious dark matter particles.
A massive collision, doughnut-shaped clouds, and rock vapour all seemingly came together to form the Moon.
Tardigrades are highly resilient creatures are believed to be capable of surviving intense radiation and the vacuum of space.
Lesser rain has been predicted for India, with weaker monsoons likely by the end of this century.
Astrophysicists suggest that aliens could transmit hazardous messages and launch cyberattacks to hack and shut down our computers.
Some hardy microbes, living in extreme conditions in the deepest parts of the Earth's oceans, could theoretically survive on Enceladus.
Study of an ancient burial reveals how a prehistoric puppy was cared for by human beings almost 14,000 years ago.
Scientists believe that impact from such supermassive black hole outbursts may be one of the most common ways for super-Earths to form at the centre of the Milky Way.
The banquet hall was likely used for various rituals and sumo tournaments during the seventh century.
The Arctic is now nearly 50 degrees over normal February temperatures. An event like this "has definitely not been seen before".
Cimon would simplify their routine tasks and serve as an early warning system to flag technical glitches.
The Moon will get its first mobile phone network next year after a deal between Vodafone, Nokia and Audi. The Ultra Compact Network device weighs only 1kg.
Dormant subsurface microbes found on Earth could be present on Mars as well.
The new state of matter is formed at highly cold temperatures, using atoms where an electron orbits the nucleus at a great distance.
The massive stellar blast was nearly 10 times brighter than our Sun's largest solar blasts.