In a world first, astronomers have had the opportunity to watch a red supergiant exploding in real time.
The space agency reportedly enlisted religious experts to help predict how the world would react.
The world's most prolific seer made a great number of predictions and many of these have yet to come to pass.
The Italian media is reporting on a particularly lengthy exorcism that required the attention of four priests.
British robotics company Engineered Arts has revealed what could be the world's most realistic human-like robot.
The World War II enthusiast required medical assistance for an extremely unfortunate problem indeed.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of one of the world's most compelling cases of alien abduction.
The space agency wants the world to agree on the best way to reveal that alien life has been found.
Standing at 7ft, 0.7 inches tall, 24-year-old Rumeysa Gelgi is now officially the tallest woman on Earth.
A guest on the UK's 'This Morning' TV show this week had a rather peculiar and otherworldly tale to tell.
Being the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall certainly knows a thing or two about primates.
Researchers at Yale University have debunked what was thought to be the earliest known map of the New World.
Scientists have warned that a devastating solar storm could disrupt the world's Internet for months.
Scientists searching for life-bearing exoplanets have identified a new class of potentially habitable world.
A visitor to the world-famous loch left a scathing review on TripAdvisor because his family didn't see the monster.
The world-famous Incan citadel, which sits high atop the Andes in Peru, is now thought to be decades older.
The pint-sized bovine is so miniscule in stature that it is a possible contender for the world's smallest cow.
Esteemed designer Thierry Gaugain has designed an opulent 'palace on wheels' for those who can afford it.
This month marks the 455th anniversary of the death of one of history's most prolific astrologers and seers.
The aged reptile, who currently lives in Serbia's Belgrade Zoo, is thought to be the oldest alligator on Earth.