Scientists say they have unlocked some of the secrets behind black holes, the gravitational fields known for sucking up light and stars from the Universe.

An observatory has opened in an area of Northumberland recognised as having the least light pollution in England.

John Wheeler, the US physicist who coined the term "black hole", has died at the age of 96.

Nokia, the world's largest handset manufacturer, has signed up Sony Ericsson, NEC and Alacatel-Lucent to its plans for a 4G wireless system.

Traffic congestion in Russia’s Winter Olympic city, Sochi, is being eased slightly with the use of the country’s new GLONASS navigation system.

Russian scientists say they managed to develop the most detailed picture ever of the insides of prehistoric animals. They gained the new information by studying a baby mammoth found immaculately preserved in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals last year.

Imagine a world where roads don’t exist, old-style cars are a distant memory and you can zip over 450 kilometres in one hour. A Russian designer believes aerocars are not far away. Aleksandr Begak has successfully tested a prototype more than 100 times.

Preparations for Russia's 17th mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are underway at Baikonur Kosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Two Russian cosmonauts and the first ever Korean female astronaut are set to blast off into orbit in a Soyuz spacecraft on April 8th.

The space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station at the end of the longest mission of its kind to the station.

Google is pressing the US government to allow the unlicensed frequencies of TV "white space" to be used for wi-fi.