A massive space rock that will shave by Earth on Halloween looks like a dead comet with a skull face, NASA said after gaining a closer look at the spooky space object.

Scientists identify two complex organic molecules, or building blocks of life, on a comet for the first time, shedding new light on the cosmic origins of planets like Earth.

One new study whose findings put the origin of life 300 million years ahead of schedule is stirring up controversy, according to The Washington Post.

The sun has sprung a leak: A hole in the topmost layer of the sun and its magnetic field, the size of 50 Earths, is letting loose an ultrafast solar wind that has kicked off several nights of auroras down on Earth.

Playing with water in the space is indeed an exciting thing for us on Earth. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly demonstrates how it looks like.

The Tibet autonomous region is the highest region on Earth with an elevation of 4,900 meters above sea level.

The gravitational pull of earth is massaging the moon, opening up faults in the lunar crust, researchers say.

A multi-billion-dollar robot dispatched to Mars to search for life must steer clear of promising "hot spots" for fear of spreading microbes from Earth, Nasa project scientists say.

Earth could warm 2.7 degrees Celsius this century, warned a review Thursday which judged national carbon-cutting pledges insufficient to stave off worst-case-scenario predictions for climate change.

Tonight is the night when a supermoon will be coinciding with a lunar eclipse. The next time you’ll have a chance to do so is in 2033.

India today successfully launched a satellite-launch-vehicle carrying ASTROSAT, its first astronomy observatory to study distant celestial objects.

Sky-watchers around the world are in for a treat tonight and tomorrow when the shadow of earth casts a reddish glow on the moon, the result of rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year.

The next two years could be the hottest on record globally, says research from the UK's Met Office.

There are just over three trillion trees on Earth, according to a new assessment.

A haul of planets from Nasa's Kepler telescope includes a world sharing many characteristics with Earth.

Tuesday will be a bit longer than other days because an extra second, or ‘leap’ second, will be added to the day.

The Earth has entered a new period of extinction and humans could be among the first casualties.

The European Space Agency (Esa) says its comet lander, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth.

Around 11-foot python is rescued from being on sale and handed over to forest authorities in Boragram area of Rangamati.

A strong 7.4 earthquake strikes the already devastated Nepal and rocks Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh – in phases.