South Africans can vote to name a new planet – and one of the short-listed names is a local plant that gets you high

There are four possible names for the planet, including “sceletium” a plant which induces...

Watch: Here's why some scientists think Pluto should still be a planet

Back in the '90s, most people took Pluto for granted. But fast forward to 2005, and then...

Watch: If Earth spun sideways, extreme winters and summers would doom life as we know it

If Earth's axis tilted to 90 degrees, extreme seasons would cause intense climate change...

Students in London developed a way to turn lobster shells into biodegradable packaging and it could help reduce plastic waste

A team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London developed a...

Scientists have discovered a new Saturn-like planet 60 times bigger than Earth

The exoplanet is five billion years old, and takes 14 days to orbit its star. Scientists...

Amazing satellite photos show how alien trees are being wiped out in Cape Town

A data scientist is using satellite imagery to provide reliable long-term data to measure...

Stunning time-lapse images show how Cape Town's biggest dam has filled up

A South African scientists has produced the video from satellite images.

A meteorite spotted before entering the atmosphere has been recovered from a remote area of Botswana - the second time in history this has happened

To retrieve the pea-sized fragment, the team was chaperoned by park rangers in the...