A new experiment will aim to freeze gas atoms down to a billionth of a degree above absolute zero.
This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago.
Discovered in northwestern Montana, this ancient lizard lived in the desert around 75 million years ago.
The documents cover everything from UFO sightings to government-backed remote viewing experiments.
A budget of $188 million has been assigned to the new mission which will be launching within three years.
Curiosity has discovered minerals from over several million years of the Red Planet's geological history.
Japan-based Team HAKUTO is the latest contender hoping to scoop Google's $20 million Lunar X-Prize.
Scientists have discovered a superbug that has remained isolated underground for millions of years.
The unprecedented 99 million-year-old specimen contains preserved bones, soft tissues and feathers.
Miners were ecstatic when they came across the stone which is thought to be worth around $170 million.
Two Silicon Valley billionaires are funding efforts to prove whether or not we live in a simulation.
Scientists have discovered the world's oldest genetic information within 3.8 million-year-old eggshells.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have pledged $3 billion towards the ultimate goal of 'ending all illness'.
Scientists have found signs of bone cancer in the fossil remains of an early South African hominin.
The European Space Agency has unveiled a map of our galaxy charting the positions of 1.1 billion stars.
The $1 billion space probe is set to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to the Earth.
Scientists in Australia have identified a tiny marsupial lion which went extinct 18 million years ago.
A huge pearl weighing in excess of 34kg is set to be officially recognized as the largest of all time.
The previously unidentified species would have thrived in sub-arctic marine waters 25 million years ago.
A madcap laser junkie has created a device that is 33 million times brighter than the surface of the sun.