NASA's Juno spacecraft has successfully reached its destination after a journey spanning five years.
Two government employees in Spain managed to skip work without anyone else noticing for over 15 years.
A photograph taken of workers at a linen mill over a century ago appears to contain an unexpected extra.
A peculiar affliction once left hundreds of people dancing uncontrollably in the streets of Europe.
The plaque is located at the site where Bob Taylor famously encountered a strange object back in 1979.
The multi-trillion dollar endeavour could see teleportation become a reality within only two decades.
The origins of a granite marker on an island in Massachusetts have remained a mystery for years.
Scientists have calculated that it could be a long time indeed before we hear from intelligent aliens.
The prehistoric aquatic reptile fossil, which was found in a quarry, dates back over 200 million years.
NASA's latest interplanetary spacecraft will be entering in to orbit around Jupiter on July 4th.
Astronomers have caught their first-ever glimpse of a supermassive black hole feeding on cold gas clouds.
The dagger buried alongside the young pharaoh appears to have been more valuable than previously thought.
Sound technician Tom Peters likes nothing more than to dress up in a latex costume and act like a dog.
A mysterious spike of methane picked up by the Curiosity rover two years ago has yet to reoccur.
New evidence has pushed the arrival of the first humans in the Americas back more than 1,500 years.
After years of poaching, the world's population of northern white rhinos has been reduced to three.
The Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register has recorded over 1,000 sightings over the last two decades.
A 70-year-old woman who was left blinded by a car accident 21 years ago is now able to see again.
Dr Aubrey de Grey maintains that the first person to live for hundreds of years has already been born.
The search giant appears to be working on a device that can be injected directly in to your eyeballs.