Frenchman Jean-Jacques Savin achieved the ambitious ocean crossing in his custom barrel-shaped capsule.
A new study has found that the Romans may have used 'metamaterials' to dampen the effects of earthquakes.
Space experts from several agencies failed to stop an asteroid fragment from wiping out New York City last week.
The intriguing superstition, which dates back hundreds of years, was practiced across the UK until the 1900s.
An ancient cemetery containing at least two sarcophagi has been discovered southeast of the Giza Pyramids.
The long-lost unmarked grave of Merrick, who suffered from terrible deformities, has been found after 130 years.
A new study has suggested that an injury sustained from a fall may have left Leonardo da Vinci unable to paint.
Astrophysicists have detected the gravitational waves produced by a black hole colliding with a neutron star.
A picturesque loch in the Scottish Highlands has been gradually disappearing and nobody is quite sure why.
Juliearna Kavanagh and her partner Warren Lewis had been driving near Ward when the incident occurred.
A remarkably well preserved millipede dating back 99 million years has been unearthed in Myanmar.
The veteran Apollo astronaut has called on the US government to hasten its efforts to colonize Mars.
A visitor to Hawaii's Kilauea volcano got more than he bargained for after climbing over the safety railings.
NASA is making preparations to study a large asteroid that is expected to pass within 19,000 miles of Earth.
A move to formalize the process of reporting UFOs will not result in details being released to the public.
A baby carpet python with a very unusual feature was found recently near the town of Humpty Doo.
A controversial viral video shows what one woman claims to be a ghost messing up her father's bed sheets.
The unexpected find represents the first ever evidence of Denisovans outside of Denisova Cave in Siberia.
A lock of hair thought to belong to Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci is set to undergo DNA testing.
NASA's former chief historian is concerned that more people will subscribe to the hoax theory as time goes on.