Known as Hop, the settlement has been spoken of in Norse sagas passed down over hundreds of years.
NASA is working with US nuclear authorities to develop a spacecraft that can nuke dangerous space rocks.
Conservationists have reported that the health of the last male northern white rhino is rapidly deteriorating.
A man in India unexpectedly underwent a rare operation that has left him with two working, beating hearts.
The research aims to solve donor organ shortages by making it possible to grow human organs inside sheep.
The unfortunate man spent several days scrambling around the sewerage system looking for a way out.
It is looking increasingly likely that the Trappist-1 system's seven worlds could be home to alien life.
A code used by a Spanish king to communicate with his top military commander has finally been deciphered.
The diminishing Arctic sea ice is making it almost impossible for polar bears to satisfy their energy needs.
The video game developer and publisher is looking for evidence that monsters exist in the real world.
Many of today's major buildings were constructed using a material that is filled with tiny prehistoric fossils.
A university professor in Arizona is working on a system that can translate animal noises in to English.
The giant burrowing bat not only flew, but also scurried around on the forest floor looking for food.
Upon first being diagnosed with motor neurone disease at 21, Hawking was given a mere 2 years to live.
61-year-old Jemima Packington from Evesham, England claims to be the world's only known 'asparamancer'.
The record-breaking achievement is thought to represent the longest ever gap between conception and birth.
The mission would involve traveling 4.3 light years at around ten per cent of the speed of light.
This amazing footage of Gun Lake in Canada reveals the cacophony of strange sounds made by the ice.
The space agency will be making an announcement on Thursday about its latest groundbreaking discovery.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has stated that the first human on Mars will have got there on a Boeing rocket.