A message in a bottle thrown in to the sea 17 years ago has been found and returned to the person who wrote it.
A new study has revealed that our planet's protective magnetic field almost disappeared 565 million years ago.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has captured detailed images of the potentially hazardous asteroid.
Researchers with the Weddell Sea Expedition are hoping to find the wreckage of Shackleton's vessel Endurance.
The rover's 15-year anniversary has been sadly marred by the likelihood that its mission has come to an end.
A mysterious room in Darwin's former Reserve Bank building has remained firmly locked for decades.
A delivery truck driver has been struggling to cope after coming face-to-face with a strange creature in the bush.
Socks bought at UK fashion retailer Primark recently were found to contain a fragment of human bone.
59-year-old Helen Richards got the surprise of her life when the reptile sank its fangs in to her posterior.
The possibility of a world-ending disaster does not appear to have abated any over the last twelve months.
The carbon and nitrogen that make up our bodies likely came from a planet that once smacked in to the Earth.
Scientists have developed a prototype for a steam-powered spacecraft that can refuel itself with water.
One holidaymaker got more than she bargained for recently after returning from a trip to South Africa.
A newly discovered species of prehistoric shark has been assigned a name based on the shape of its teeth.
A senior living facility in Pennsylvania recently got a visit from a large reptile with some rather sharp teeth.
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.
Vandals who attempted to ram a 10ft snowman with their car ended up getting more than they bargained for.
A firm in Russia is working to create the world's first space billboard using a constellation of small satellites.
Nora and Jean Muchanic had been walking on a New Jersey beach when they came upon something unusual.