Scientists have identified distant star systems from which the Earth could be 'discovered' by intelligent aliens.
Scientists in China have discovered a fossil skull belonging to what could be a totally new human species.
Named 'Nesher Ramla Homo', this previously unknown species of human walked the Earth 120,000 years ago.
A groundbreaking discovery on Venus has indicated that it is even more Earth-like than previously believed.
The dried-up specimen is the first giant Asian hornet found in the United States so far this year.
A young girl buried in a European cave centuries ago was discovered with the head of a finch in her mouth.
A puncture caused by space junk has been discovered on a robotic arm outside the International Space Station.
Scientists have revealed how they discovered a new species of amphipod in the Atacama Trench.
Archaeologists have discovered a jar that was once used to bestow a deadly curse on 55 people.
Researchers have identified what are now believed to be giant geoglyphs etched into India's Thar Desert.
Archaeologists discovered the tombs at the Al-Hamidiyah cemetery in the desert 240 miles southeast of Cairo.
For the first time, scientists have found liquid water inside a meteorite from the earliest days of the solar system.
Scientists have discovered an ancient symbiotic relationship off Japan that was long thought to be extinct.
A woman who was about to buy a red coat from a charity shop found a rather unnerving note inside its pocket.
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 3000-year-old city situated beneath the ancient capital.
The new map provides a general overview of where undiscovered species may still be waiting to be found.
Scientists have discovered three strains of bacteria on the orbiting outpost that have never been seen before.
Scientists have discovered dozens of previously unseen chemicals that most of us carry within our own bodies.
The discovery - the first of its kind in decades - was announced this week by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Newly disclosed documents have revealed what the FBI was digging for in Pennsylvania three years ago.