A snake found inside the belly of another snake in the 1970s has turned out to represent a whole new genus.
The decade-long process of restoring and reinforcing the 3,000-year-old tomb has finally been completed.
The carbon and nitrogen that make up our bodies likely came from a planet that once smacked in to the Earth.
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way seems to be pointing a radio jet directly towards us.
A newly declassified list of top secret US government projects reads like something out of an X-Files episode.
Researchers have discovered direct evidence that humans actively hunted mammoths with weapons.
Anthropologists have published the results of a new study in to two fossil skeletons found in South Africa.
Scientists have discovered the remains of several types of organisms in a lake over 1km beneath the ice.
Egypt has condemned plans to display a stone from the Great Pyramid of Giza at a museum in Edinburgh.
The enormous circle of ice formed in freezing weather in the Presumpscot River on Tuesday afternoon.
The retired Nevada Democrat believes that pilots should be able to report UFO sightings without fear of ridicule.
Amateur alien hunters now have the opportunity to browse and update an online database of SETI searches.
A woman in China made headlines recently after it emerged that she was unable to hear men's voices.
In a new study, scientists have highlighted the possibility of finding life around the nearest single star to the Sun.
Promising trials in mice have opened up the possibility of improving health and extending life in humans.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the brightest quasar ever detected in the early universe.
It has been suggested that the mystery sounds heard by US diplomats may have been nothing more than insects.
The roving exploratory vehicle landed on the Moon as part of China's Chang'e 4 mission earlier this month.
Several famous figures have opened up about their own personal near-death experiences over the years.
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a fortress that once protected the ancient port of Berenike.