A new study has detailed what is thought to be one of the most powerful lightning bolts ever detected.
Treasure hunters will soon be digging up a canister thought to contain $250M of plundered Nazi gold.
The bright blue crustacean, which was caught off the coast of Portland, is thought to be 1 in 2 million.
The hunt is now on for a bank account thought to contain over $1 billion stolen by the Nazis in the 1930s.
Scientists have discovered a tortoise belonging to a species thought to have died out 100 years ago.
The enormous comet is thought to have a nucleus 50 times larger than would normally be expected.
An alleged apparition has been caught on camera in the woods thought to have once been frequented by Robin Hood.
Comparisons with today's largest living land animals may not be quite as accurate as first thought.
The rocket is thought to have hit the Moon's far side after being tracked over the course of several years.
The groundbreaking study saw researchers record the brain activity of a patient dying of a heart attack.
Researchers have found compelling evidence of our ancestors in Europe.
While undeniably devastating, the plague was not as widespread or as deadly as has long been believed.
Astronomers have identified a new extrasolar planet that is thought to be comprised of more than 80% iron.
Police in Italy have discovered the remains of a man who is thought to have died over 50 years ago.
A new study has shown that some Ice Age mammals survived much longer than previously thought.
Archaeologists have identified what are now thought to be the oldest footprints ever found on the continent.
Researchers at Yale University have debunked what was thought to be the earliest known map of the New World.
Scientists now believe that the odds of finding alien life in the Milky Way are far higher than anyone had realized.
An enigmatic stone tomb in England known as Arthur's Stone is now thought to predate Stonehenge.
The world-famous Incan citadel, which sits high atop the Andes in Peru, is now thought to be decades older.