NASA has announced this week that complex organic matter has been found in an ancient lake bed on Mars.
Scientists have found the fossil footprints of a creature that walked the Earth 541 million years ago.
Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of primate that lived around 400,000 years ago.
It appears as though the space agency's Curiosity rover has discovered something interesting on Mars.
81-year-old David Harding was 'mortified' to discover what looked like a dead shark in a large test tube.
The enigmatic dwarf planet is home to a 'riot of processes' that continue to surprise researchers.
Scientists have identified a 500-mile-long ocean corridor used by large numbers of sharks and other animals.
Giant troughs running for hundreds of kilometers have been found deep beneath the ice at the South Pole.
A new fossil discovery has revealed that the early supercontinent split more slowly than previously believed.
The long-lost 300-year-old Spanish galleon was found with the help of an autonomous underwater vehicle.
Police in Ohio were shocked to discover that a call about a pig following a man home was actually genuine.
An asteroid believed to be from another solar system has been found orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction.
A small solar system object with a strange orbit has hinted at the presence of a large, unknown world.
A recently discovered cache of Assyrian cuneiform tablets has helped to reveal the location of a lost city.
One family got the surprise of their lives when they discovered that their adopted 'puppy' was actually a bear.
Decades-old data from the Galileo spacecraft has all-but confirmed the presence of geysers on Jupiter's icy moon.
Stunned motorists discovered banknotes strewn across Interstate 70 in Indianapolis on Wednesday morning.
ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter has started its mission to seek out traces of biologically-produced methane on Mars.
Students who are bored of throwing the javelin or discus can now engage in a spot of grenade-tossing instead.
New evidence has been discovered to suggest that our ancestors hunted down giant prehistoric sloths.