Exoplanet 55 Cancri e is located around 40-light years away from us and is twice as big as the Earth.
The head of UN body on autonomous weapons says "robots are not taking over the world".
The tiny planet is chilled at -203 degrees Celsius, which is way lower than what was initially noted through instruments on Earth.
The JPSS-1 will orbit Earth 14 times a day from pole to pole, making detailed readings of weather, temperature and other long term patterns.
The device works on Dermoskeleton technology, which uses advanced sensors to reduce the amount of stress on the knees and lower back.
Next year, scientists have predicted several massive earthquakes, especially in the equatorial region.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has updated its list of species most in danger of going extinct, with 19 animals now listed as "critically endangered".
Around 260 Buddhist statues, some over six-and-a-half feet tall, were found in Jingchuan County, China.
The incident triggered a fierce meme battle, with people creatively doctoring pictures of Trump's water sip in various ways.
IBTimes UK sits down with Star Wars Battlefront 2 writer Mitch Dyer to discuss creative freedom, the expanded universe and what Star Wars means to him.
"Today's lesson from the White House, kids: Never apologize or take responsibility for your actions," one Twitter user wrote.
From Amaq hacks to Anonymous and Russian troll farms - here are the biggest cybersecurity news stories of the week, as chosen by the IBTimes UK technology desk.
The Earth is being hit by a massive amount of anti-matter called positrons, but scientists are still to discover the source of the particles.
Archaeologists unearthed the remains from the massive burial site near the Czech Republic's Sedlec Ossuary, known for its extensive use of human bones as decoration.
With Black Friday fast approaching, there are a number of great tech deals out there this week, including on voice-controlled personal assistants, Google Home and Amazon Echo.
The outage comes on the heels of another disruption last weekend that saw some PS4 users report issues logging into PSN and accessing Call of Duty: WW2 servers.
The former Uber driver, identified as Kate, told the media outlet that Winston "behaved poorly" from the start of the ride.
The Pentagon accidentally left exposed three "publicly downloadable" databases, one of which contained nearly 1.8 billion of social media data.
New research breaks down the number of endangered species concentrated in specific countries. Indonesia is the worst hiut, with 188 mammals classified as endangered.
Amazon has pledged to release a security patch after a team of cybersecurity researchers showed its delivery service, which lets couriers inside homes, could be hacked.
A teenage girl from Vietnam has died after being exposed to live wires in a faulty charging cable connected to her iPhone that electrocuted her while she slept.
Hugely popular viral news Facebook page taken down after apparently violating the site's posting policy.
Greenpeace released an alternative Coca-Cola Christmas advert to highlight the vast amount of plastic waste that ends up in the oceans every year.
Scientists have come up with a new hypothesis that challenges the accepted version of events in the initial moments of the disaster.
New dark web markets that have recently cropped up appear to be run by inexperienced hackers, leaving the sites vulnerable.
According to Boston Dynamics, Atlas runs on battery power and has been built from 3D-printed parts.
The pontiff's car has a white paint job with gold racing stripes running from the hood to the back of the two-seater.
Twitter has clarified it will take real-world actions into account when deciding if applicants are worthy of the blue tick.
Elon Musk has shocked attendees of a much-anticipated press conference in California with what he claimed will be the quickest car in the world – the Roadster.
"Interestingly, the malware is specifically instructed not to gather any data from vk.com, Russia's largest social media platform," Bitdefender noted.