Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi believes that legends of lake monsters may have a geological origin.
The events of the hit movie could become a reality thanks to the large amounts of junk in Earth's orbit.
Cosmic radiation could be the single biggest problem for future astronauts embarking on a trip to Mars.
A sparrow-sized flying dinosaur with wings resembling those of a bat has been unearthed by scientists.
Fossil remains of a turkey-sized relative to the meat-eating behemoth were found by a 7-year-old boy.
Several dozen fossilized eggs were discovered by builders carrying out repairs at the side of a road.
Reports from across Norway have described peculiar deluges of worms cascading from the heavens.
A new study has investigated what causes the planet to inexplicably vibrate at very low frequencies.
An extinction event known as the 'Great Dying' wiped out most of the life on Earth 251 million years ago.
Palaeontologists have successfully unearthed the most complete skeleton of a terror bird ever found.
Several new studies appear to support the idea that the moon formed after a collision between two worlds.
Could an alien civilization build a large spherical energy-harvesting structure around a distant star ?
A subterranean complex covering an area of 5 million square feet has been unearthed in Nevsehir.
The gargantuan reptile was related to the Titanosaurs and roamed the Earth around 100 million years ago.
There could be two potentially habitable planets in a binary star system just 4.3 light years away.
The largest moon in the solar system is now thought to have more water on it than the Earth does.
Scientists have argued that a nearby Earth-like world dismissed as 'noise' is actually a real planet.
The Iron Age prince was discovered along with his chariot at the center of a huge mound near Lavau.
The discovery has pushed back the emergence of the earliest humans by up to 400,000 years.
A red dwarf star is thought to have passed within one light year of our planet 70,000 years ago.