New data from Cassini has suggested that Saturn's rings may only be around 100 million years old.
Dozens of people had to be treated in hospital after a mysterious haze appeared in the area on Sunday.
Palaeontologists have discovered an enormous Ichthyosaurus specimen in a German museum collection.
Relatively little is known about the iconic species which was wiped out by humans over 350 years ago.
The Ancient Babylonians had known about Pythagoras' theorem over 1,000 years before he was even born.
Scientists have identified an extinct species of mini-dolphin that lived over 30 million years ago.
The peculiar aerial phenomenon was captured on camera by Jeremy Le Fevre on Saturday evening.
Scientists have developed a new way of heating fusion plasmas inside tokamak nuclear fusion reactors.
A man in China got the surprise of his life after visiting the doctor with severe pain in his ear.
The huge space rock is due to pass within a safe distance of our planet at the beginning of September.
The wreckage of a cruiser sank by a Japanese submarine 70 years ago has finally been discovered.
The freestanding doors have turned up in several towns, leaving local residents scratching their heads.
Two upcoming Mars rover missions will attempt to determine if the Red Planet was once home to life.
A sea algae boom has been credited with the rise of the first complex life forms in Earth's distant past.
Insect-based edibles are beginning to appear in shops after a recent revision of food safety laws.
The spacecraft embarked upon the first of its final five orbits around the gas giant earlier today.
The asteroid known as 2012 TC4 is set to pass us by at a safe distance of 27,300 miles in October.
Palaeontologists have discovered the skull of what is thought to be mankind's earliest known ancestor.
A 70-ton titanosaur has been officially established as the largest land animal ever to walk the Earth.
A van in Arlington made headlines recently when witnesses noticed that there was nobody driving it.