NASA’s Curiosity rover has passed yet another impressive milestone, having spent 2,000 Martian days exploring one of the most enigmatic and fascinating worlds populating our solar system. Following an ambitious descent through Mars’ tenuous atmosphere in August 2012, Curiosity has been slowly but deliberately trundling around a 96-mile-wide (154 km) impact crater in search of …

Nasa could use paint to defend our planet from a doomsday asteroid that may wipe out life on Earth, according to one of the agency’s top engineers. It was recently revealed that the rogue space rock 101955 Bennu, which is larger than the Empire State Building, could collide with our planet in 2135. Dr Michael …

Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up. On Nov. 11, 2014, a global network of telescopes picked up signals from 300 million light years away that were created by a tidal disruption flare — an explosion of electromagnetic energy that occurs when a black hole …

A new breed of superhumans that can communicate using their thoughts alone could be a reality within decades, a brain surgeon has predicted. These telepathic superhumans will transfer information to other people and machines using brain implants, according to Dr Eric Leuthardt. The Washington University brain surgeon believes getting a brain implant will be as …

Scientists reduced hunger in obese patients by muffling the signal sent by a nerve to tell the body its hungry, according to newly-published research. For the 160 million Americans who are overweight or obese, only five to 10 percent are predicted to have long-term success with their weight loss programs. In an effort to improve …