For US park ranger Roy Sullivan, this one in a million event became something of a regular occurrence.
Archaeologists have unearthed a pottery shard that still bears the fingerprint of the person who made it.
A motorist recently captured dashcam footage of a child-like figure that appeared in the middle of the road.
The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will be able to detect the signatures of life on other worlds.
A new study has indicated that Homo sapiens dined almost exclusively on meat for over two million years.
A NASA philosopher maintains that an ancient extraterrestrial artificial intelligence might already exist.
The so-called 'Werewolf of Camberwell' has been sighted several times over the years, according to reports.
Scientists have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who died over 3,000 years ago.
Despite its cold, dry and barren exterior, Mars may be hiding large quantities of water beneath its surface.
Astronomers have identified an extrasolar planet that appears to have regenerated its own atmosphere.
Over 175 years on, researchers are still trying to figure out what went wrong during the ill-fated expedition.
Newly disclosed documents have revealed what the FBI was digging for in Pennsylvania three years ago.
An extremely rare bird that hadn't been seen in almost two centuries has turned up again in Indonesia.
Scientists believe that a slowdown in ocean currents could bring about colder and more extreme weather.
Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
A metallic monolith that appeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been torched by a mob.
Scientists have extracted DNA from the teeth of mammoths that roamed the Earth 1.2 million years ago.
New evidence has cast doubt on the idea that the coelacanth hasn't changed at all in millions of years.
Astronaut Alan Shepard's golf ball has been spotted on the Moon at last thanks to new remastered images.
A new study has suggested that we may be able to pick up the telltale signs of this process from light years away.