The researchers found that the 15 new planets are remarkably similar to planets in our own system, especially one called K2-155d which could have liquid water. Scientists have discovered 15 new planets orbiting small, cool stars known as red dwarfs near our solar system. Of particular interest is a planet that the researchers describe as …

A Perth family has found the world’s oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea, Australian experts say. Tonya Illman picked up the bottle while going for a walk around sand dunes on a remote beach in West Australia. Her husband Kym Illman told the BBC they …

With immense power and near limitless endurance, it is predicted nations will have armies of human-like robots ready to aid people. These droids will join the police, fire service and ambulances as a new wing of emergency call-outs. Capable of working in sub-zero temperatures and during extreme weather, the robots will be able to carry …

On Sunday, the SpaceX founder told an audience in Austin, Texas, he plans to get humans to the Red Planet using his own spacecraft. He added: “We are building the first Mars or interplanetary ship, and I think I we’ll be able to do short trips, short up and down flights, by the first half …

Death is a process that eventually comes for all living things – but, just how the body succumbs is not the same for every organism. In humans, a state known as rigor mortis sets in hours after passing, causing the body to stiffen up before ultimately relaxing again. But for a species of roundworm, rigor …