A careers adviser from Warwickshire in England used the old WWII shell to hold flowers for 30 years.
Two large stashes of bronze weapons and jewellery dating back 2,700 years have been found in Romania.
Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that hostile extraterrestrials could pose a threat to the Earth.
Divers exploring a 2,000-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Greece have found over 50 new artifacts.
The new mission will attempt a potentially world-saving maneuver by redirecting an asteroid's trajectory.
A 20 million-year-old flea trapped in amber is thought to be carrying the ancestor of Black Death.
Samples of fossilized fur have made it possible to determine what color bats were 49 million years ago.
Despite being 105 years old, Japan's Hidekichi Miyazaki is still participating in running events.
An impressive astronomical event is set to take place tonight for the first time in more than 30 years.
New evidence suggests that Australia was once home to huge reptiles that lived alongside early humans.
Scientists have determined that early humans had very different hearing abilities than we do today.
A remarkably well preserved tomb has been discovered at the site of the infamous volcanic disaster.
The world famous stone monument in Wiltshire, England was once sold at an auction in Salisbury.
A 3.5 million-year-old bacteria found in Siberia could make it possible for humans to live longer.
A female snake has given birth to young for the second time in two years without a male's contribution.
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than a dozen small pyramids near the town of Gematon.
An ambitious new mission aims to send a spacecraft to pick up samples collected by NASA's Mars rover.
A 78-year-old in Hermitage has been fined after using spotlights and tin foil to deter extraterrestrials.
Two huge meteors simultaneously slammed in to what is now Sweden roughly 468 million years ago.
The impressive and rare dinosaur skeleton is set to be sold at auction in the UK later this year.