Scientists have discovered microbial life rebounding in one of the driest and most inhospitable places on Earth.
Scientists have used modern scanning techniques to discover what thylacine infants really looked like.
The well-preserved gloves were discovered during the excavation of a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall.
Concerns were raised recently when a river in the Scottish capital turned a disconcerting shade of green.
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
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 forensic expert has cast doubt on a 1940s analysis of bones found on a remote island over 70 years ago.
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.
100 million-year-old dinosaur and mammal tracks have been found at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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 lack of carbon monoxide on a methane-rich world could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial life.
One of the last two untranslated Dead Sea Scrolls has finally been pieced together by archaeologists.
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.