Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft — and may help scientists understand the atmospheric dynamics of alien gas-giant exoplanets beyond our solar system.

An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday.

Westerners' fascination with the way laborers in Thailand toil under the hot sun with faces and bodies completely covered finds fresh expression in a photo exhibition that's spread around Ratchaburi.

In a parking lot near the East River in Manhattan, Adriana Alltari gathers her courage, lifts her feet off the ground and wobbles away on New York's latest mode of public transport: a bicycle.

The weather pattern is likely to be unstable over the next few days, with heavy rains expected across the country until next Tuesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said yesterday.

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.

Australia on Thursday said it was pushing for a ban of any commercial use of a pioneering technique to reduce the impact of climate change by “fertilizing” the world's oceans with iron, warning of significant risks.

The Sun has unleashed four potent solar flares this week, marking the most intense activity yet this year and causing limited interruptions to high-frequency radio communications.

U.S. researchers reported a breakthrough in stem cell research on Wednesday, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells for the first time.

Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield on Tuesday returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the International Space Station that saw him shoot to global stardom through his Twitter microblog.