One researcher claims to have found evidence to suggest that the doomed flight did not crash where people thought it did.
An audio recording of a pilot discussing the unexplained sighting with air traffic control has been released online.
The world's night sky has doubled in artificial brightness over the last 10 years - but there may be a solution.
Astronomers have identified a very unusual galaxy that could help improve our understanding of dark matter.
Archaeologists have shed possible new light on the nature of some enigmatic burials found in the ruins of a Roman villa.
This remarkable new robot was inspired by dandelion seeds and requires only a light source to power it up.
The new experimental aircraft is set to make its debut flight this year, potentially kickstarting a whole new era of aviation.
A new study has highlighted the impressive (and sometimes bizarre) regenerative abilities of sea spiders.
A new study has demonstrated the possibility of using laser beams to redirect the path of lightning strikes.
The newly discovered world, which is 41 light-years away, is almost exactly the same size as the Earth.
Dozens of witnesses took to social media to post photographs and video clips of the unusual aerial phenomenon.
Social media was awash on Friday with reports of strange objects, vapor trails and colored lights over the country.
Several video clips have emerged of a peculiar phenomenon witnessed by multiple people on the same night.
The video, which was recorded on a baby monitor, shows an anomalous light next to the infant's head.
A recently discovered piece of wreckage from the doomed airliner has shed new light on the mystery.
Situated 40 light-years away, this hellish terrestrial world is like nothing found in our own solar system.
In a world first, physicists have successfully made light appear to move backwards and forwards in time simultaneously.
Back in 1978, Frederick Valentich disappeared without a trace after encountering a UFO on a flight to King Island, Tasmania.
Some passengers have been reporting very strange sounds over the intercom during their flight.
Recent research has cast new light on how the ancient Egyptians might have constructed the pyramids of Giza.