Astronomers using the Kepler Telescope have found the most Earth-like extrasolar planet ever discovered.
A recently discovered pyramid in Mexico has turned out to be one of the largest ever Mayan constructions.
Scientists have discovered an ancestor of the velociraptor with distinctly bird-like traits.
The world's largest atom smasher has made a new discovery in the form of a particle called a pentaquark.
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that appears to have grown to a ridiculous size.
Scientists have discovered that a person's biological age and chronological age can be vastly different.
A new species of centipede has been found inside a cave system 4,700ft below the Earth's surface.
Scientists have discovered a species of bat that was three times the size of any that are alive today.
Astronomers have identified a planet the size of Mars orbiting a star 200 light years from the Earth.
Bill Stephenson got the surprise of his life when he found someone's ashes buried beneath his lawn.
Alan Betts and his family discovered something strange in a picture they'd taken while visiting the loch.
Red blood cells and connective tissues are thought to be preserved within countless fossil specimens.
Palaentologists have unearthed a cousin of Triceratops with a spectacular crown-like frill on its head.
Anthropologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a human ancestor dating back 3.2 million years.
A total of 139 weird and wonderful new plant and animal species have been discovered in South East Asia.
The Siloe Patera crater on Mars is now believed to be the collapsed center of an enormous volcano.
Scientists have discovered that the humble octopus is able to use its skin to sense light around it.
Prehistoric stone tools predating the human genus have been unearthed in a dried-up riverbed in Kenya.
A previously undiscovered stone circle has been unearthed by archaeologists in southern England.
Anthropologists believe that they have identified the oldest samples of human skin ever discovered.