Two of the largest stones that make up Stonehenge may have actually been at the site for millions of years.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the light from a very bright star over 9.3 billion lights years away.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the well-preserved remains of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana.
Fossil hunters have discovered the skull of a huge prehistoric lion that roamed Africa 200,000 years ago.
Researchers have finally determined why a zoo lioness has mysteriously sprouted mane-like head and neck hair.
Bars worth up to $368 million rained down after the aircraft suffered damage during takeoff on Thursday.
Covering 11 generations over a period of 500 years, the family tree is thought to be the largest ever created.
Scientists have discovered a huge colony of over 1.5 million rare penguins on a remote Antarctic island.
The most recent consignment to arrive at the facility has brought its total number of deposits up to 1,059,646.
Zoologists have been left puzzled by a female lion that has mysteriously sprouted mane-like head and neck hair.
It is believed that plants first arose on land 100 million years earlier than previous studies had suggested.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe has captured a stunning new image of the Earth against the blackness of space.
NASA's New Horizons probe has made history again by capturing images 3.79 billion miles from the Earth.
The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
A new study has revealed that large numbers of viruses may be falling from the sky on a daily basis.
Scientists have identified a species of long-tailed proto-spider dating back over 100 million years.
100 million-year-old dinosaur and mammal tracks have been found at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Scientists have identified an area of Australia that broke away from North America 1.7 billion years ago.
The ridiculously long number, like all prime numbers, can only be divided by either itself or by one.