One inmate seemingly couldn't wait a few more hours to be released and decided to go on the run instead.
Prof Jim Bell takes a look at the first ever spacecraft to journey to a metallic asteroid and what it could teach us.
The team at Australian National University describe their discovery, how it came about and what it could mean.
Loeb and his team have been searching for the debris of an interstellar meteor that they suspect may be alien in origin.
A woman who had set up a trail camera to film the local wildlife instead captured footage of something very strange indeed.
The pontiff's intervention came in response to the case of a woman who is under investigation for allegedly faking 'miracles'.
Tom Biscardi and his team will be searching the remote jungles of Thailand for the elusive Orang Pendek.
Prof Clayton Magill and his team have discovered evidence of fire use by early humans on the continent.
The group of thieves had intended to steal and sell the oil by digging directly to the pipeline using primitive tools.
A pre-school teacher in New Orleans has been attempting to identify a strange animal that she filmed at a local park.
The original inhabitants of Australia have much to teach modern scientists about the nature of this intriguing phenomenon.
The thief managed to make off with an eye-wateringly large amount of confectionary worth over $38,000.
The unfortunate victim not only lost his life savings but also managed to get himself arrested by the police.
A team of physicists has put forward the idea of using the LIGO observatory to look for gravitational waves from alien spaceships.
Developed by Northrop Grumman, the new raider is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear payloads.
The peculiar trend of having animals predict the winning teams during the World Cup is still alive and well.
A team of dedicated UFO investigators in France has been studying the phenomenon for the last 45 years.
The space agency has revealed the names of the people who will be on its independent UFO investigation team.
A lab-based experiment saw volunteers receive a dose of a new malaria vaccine using mosquitos instead of syringes.
It's not a new idea, but should we really be broadcasting our existence to anyone who is listening ?