New research has emphasized the remarkable persistence of life even in the cold vacuum of space.
Anthropologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a human ancestor dating back 3.2 million years.
Almost all the water on the planet was, at one point, consumed and then peed out by a dinosaur.
New evidence suggests that dogs may have been man's best friend for far longer than previously thought.
Stephen Hawking believes that intelligent robots could be on course to destroy human civilization.
The dark substance that litters the surface of Europa is now believed to be sodium chloride.
A man has sneezed out a toy dart that had been stuck up his nose for more than four decades.
The peculiar lake remains filled up during the winter but vanishes entirely during the summer.
Scientists have succeeded in identifying red blood cells inside a man frozen in ice for over 5,000 years.
Astronomers have identified the most distant galaxy ever recorded at 13 billion light years away.
The approaching spacecraft has snapped photographs of what appears to be polar ice on the dwarf planet.
A couple celebrating their wedding were shocked to find an unexpected extra in one of their pictures.
Several dozen fossilized eggs were discovered by builders carrying out repairs at the side of a road.
Scientists have identified a huge void in space that measures over 1.8 billion light years across.
Bottles of the aged delicacy had been retrieved from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Footage has emerged online of a strange glowing disc-shaped object that appears to spin in the sky.
A new study has investigated what causes the planet to inexplicably vibrate at very low frequencies.
Chimpanzees in southeastern Senegal have become quite adept at making their own weapons.
An extinction event known as the 'Great Dying' wiped out most of the life on Earth 251 million years ago.
Chief scientist Ellen Stofan stated that we are likely to find evidence of alien life within 20 years.