A gargantuan cave in the Canadian wilderness was only recently discovered because it had been filled with ice.
For the first time in almost a decade, astronauts are preparing to launch into space from American soil.
You can now check out the 5,000-year-old interior of Queen Meresankh III's tomb and it's completely free.
Back in 1976, several reports of a large owl-like creature sparked a legend that continues to endure to this day.
The Mars sample-return mission will be one of the most challenging interplanetary endeavours ever undertaken.
Scientists have discovered one of the most Earth-like extrasolar worlds ever seen and they almost missed it.
A bizarre new scheme has seen volunteers dress up as ghosts to scare people into staying inside their homes.
Melting ice in Norway has revealed a long-lost Viking-era mountain pass brimming with archaeological discoveries.
The discovery of Neanderthal-made string has further cemented the idea that the species was highly intelligent.
Private pilot Gabriel Zeifman recently captured a whole series of impressive snaps of the secretive base.
A new study has highlighted the potentially violent origins of this mysterious interstellar visitor.
The Icelandic Forestry Service has recommended hugging trees as an alternative to hugging other people.
50 years ago, three astronauts had been on their way to the Moon when things started to go very wrong.
Restoration works at the fire-ravaged Loch Ness home of the infamous occultist have recently began in earnest.
Scientists have found a way to determine how old whale sharks are using the fallout from atomic bomb testing.
A new plan to build a telescope on the Moon will make our lunar neighbor look like the Star Wars battle station.
Low pollution levels due to the coronavirus lockdown have revealed views not seen in several decades.
A very strange optical illusion showing what looks like a floating wheelie bin has recently gone viral online.
A skeleton found buried on the banks of a river in Dublin has turned out to be more than 600 years old.
One of the most celebrated astronomy photographs of all time has been revisited some 25 years later.