Image source   Most Earth-like planets may be a comfortable home for alien life. The planet, named Kepler 438b, slightly larger than Earth and orbits the orange dwarf which gives it 40% more heat than the sun to Earth. Kepler 438b makes a complete revolution around its star every 35 days, making

They didn't wait for snow to bring Frosty to life along Interstate 40 -- they used what they have: Tumbleweeds. Each day, more than 80,000 vehicles driving through New Mexico's biggest city are greeted by the unique expression of holiday cheer that is a lot more southwest than North Pole. The

Life has been discovered nearly a mile and half underground, raising hopes bacteria might be able to survive deep beneath the surface of other planets. Researchers found the single-celled organisms living inside coal beds more than 8,000ft (2,440 metres) below the seabed off the coast of Japan. It

The British scientist whose star turn helping land a probe on a comet was marred by a fashion faux pas that left him a planetary pariah has a defender in London Mayor Boris Johnson. Matt Taylor first made news when he wore a garish Hawaiian shirt festooned with gun-toting dominatrices to a

Physicists have spent nearly 80 years searching - and failing - to find evidence that dark matter is made of tiny exotic particles. Now scientists in Ohio are suggesting that the mysterious fabric of the universe consists of something far more ordinary. They argue that dark matter could be made up