One of the oldest people to ever live was found to have possessed an abnormally young genome for her age.
It's time again to take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last 12 months.
The first human to set foot on the lunar surface in more than five decades could do so sooner than you think.
The documents concern an alleged directive to halt a notorious hazing ritual involving claims of alien technology.
Saturn's moon Titan may be home to habitable subterranean pockets of liquid water.
New satellite data reportedly backs up claims of huge structures situated deep beneath Egypt's Giza Plateau.
A recently released documentary follows the adventures of 15-year-old Daniel Lee Barnett from Somerset, England.
Various forms of life seem to have found a way to make the radiation-filled area around the nuclear plant their home.
The research looked at a seldom-seen cephalopod found only in the extreme depths of the ocean.
According to local folklore, deep in the Florida Everglades lives an undiscovered hominid with a skunk-like stench.
The peculiar looking samples were retrieved from beneath the Pacific sea floor near the Mariana Trench.
The terrifying incident occurred out of the blue while the veterinarian was driving back to his home in South Australia.
Jaime Rodriguez recently sparked debate online after sharing a series of clips of the phenomenon.
Dogs have started to turn blue within the area surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
A terrifying monster said to be a cross between a dog and a giant ape has been spoken about in stories for years.
As luck would have it, two existing space probes happen to be perfectly positioned to investigate the object's tail.
Something large appeared to be lurking just beneath the surface of the loch back in September.
The mysterious material, which is strewn across southern Australia, is found nowhere else on Earth.
Scientists have discovered evidence of methane gas on Makemake - a tiny world situated beyond the orbit of Pluto.
An asteroid that once posed a risk to the Earth may now be headed straight for the Moon instead.