A new study has revealed that half of the atoms that make up our bodies have come from beyond the galaxy.
Astrobotic is aiming to land its unmanned Peregrine lunar lander on the surface of the Moon in two years' time.
An extraordinarily well-preserved lunch box has been discovered on Switzerland's Lotschberg mountain.
A mystery spanning over 55 years has finally been solved thanks to newly released CIA documents.
Scientists have found evidence of a huge, hulking semi-flightless swan that went extinct 500 years ago.
According to researchers, stressing out over a lack of time is a leading cause of anxiety and depression.
Videos and pictures of an alleged UFO over Cornwall have turned out to be part of a promotional exercise.
Satellite data has revealed that there is water trapped all across the Moon's surface, not just at the poles.
Marine researcher Marianne Nyegaard has identified the first new species of sunfish in over 130 years.
A chest thought to be filled with Nazi gold has been found in the wreckage of the scuttled SS Minden.
Several households in England have been plagued by a woman crying through their letterboxes at night.
Scientists in Japan have identified what could be fuel debris within the devastated nuclear reactor.
A recent poll in Sweden has shown, once again, why asking the public to name anything is a bad idea.
Back in 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin incident resulted in a renewed commitment to war with Vietnam.
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki maintains that the answer to the mystery lies in little more than basic human error.
Stanford University researchers have built a robot that can literally worm its way around anything.
Forensic linguists have 'almost certainly' determined who really wrote the famous Civil War-era letter.
A new video shows veteran free diver Guillaume Nery descending 131ft underwater on only one lungful of air.
Plans to land a modified version of the company's reusable Dragon capsule on Mars have been scrapped.
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made history when they set foot on the lunar surface 48 years ago today.