The wreckage of one of Germany's most advanced U-boats has been discovered off the coast of Denmark.
Archaeologists have succeeded in identifying several previously unseen geoglyphs in Peru's Palpa province.
A lack of phosphorus in the universe could mean that Earth-type life is a lot rarer than commonly thought.
Scientists have discovered an astonishing number of massive black holes hiding within our own galaxy.
The discovery raises new questions about the formation of galaxies and the nature of dark matter.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the well-preserved remains of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana.
The grave is believed to be the final resting place of Captain 'Black Sam' Bellamy's 100-strong crew.
The accidental find highlights just how much there is still left to learn about the workings of the human body.
Fossil hunters have discovered the skull of a huge prehistoric lion that roamed Africa 200,000 years ago.
An old photo of what is thought to be the house's original foundation has been discovered in a local archive.
One astronomer was left red-faced this week after he mistook the planet Mars for an undiscovered star.
Researchers have been unraveling the mystery of elongated skulls discovered in southern Germany.
The bottle, which dates back 132 years, was found on a beach around 180km north of Perth, Australia.
Scientists have discovered a huge colony of over 1.5 million rare penguins on a remote Antarctic island.
A strange new species of tardigrade, or 'water bear', has been discovered in a Japanese car park.
Scientists have discovered microbial life rebounding in one of the driest and most inhospitable places on Earth.
Scientists have used modern scanning techniques to discover what thylacine infants really looked like.
The well-preserved gloves were discovered during the excavation of a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall.
Concerns were raised recently when a river in the Scottish capital turned a disconcerting shade of green.
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.