Researchers believe that humanity would be more likely to welcome than fear the discovery of alien life.
Hair belonging to the first ever President of the United States has been found in an 18th-century almanac.
Rather than being discontinued, the International Space Station could be turned in to a commercial venture.
A miniature UFO that allegedly crashed in Yorkshire in 1957 has been rediscovered inside a museum archive.
Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
A major new discovery has revealed tens of thousands of hidden pyramids, houses, defence works and more.
Archaeologists have discovered a red crayon that would have once been used to color animal skins.
Astronomers worldwide have criticized the decision to launch a large reflective disco ball in to orbit.
A prehistoric jawbone unearthed in Israel's Misliya Cave is believed to date back up to 200,000 years.
A fascinating discovery has called in to question everything we know about the evolution of butterflies.
The ice, which is thought to descend almost 330ft, could help to support a future manned presence on Mars.
The Mars Curiosity rover has discovered some rather peculiar structures and nobody knows what they are.
Archaeologists have unearthed a depiction of the mythical Aztec universe on the side of a volcano.
Researchers have determined that the giant Pacific octopus is not one, but two genetically distinct species.
Scientists have discovered an entirely new phenomenon in fluid dynamics - pairs of connected whirlpools.
Dating back 150 million years, this prehistoric reptile is the oldest creature ever found in the region.
The disconcertingly-shaped space rock was last seen hurtling past our planet back in October 2015.
Discovered in Western Australia, the fossil microbes are the oldest evidence of life ever identified.
The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
Palaeontologists have discovered prehistoric parasites that once fed on the blood of dinosaurs.