Scientists have warned that an 'aliens landing on the White House lawn' type moment is unlikely to occur.
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the lost city of Mahendraparvata deep in the Cambodian jungle.
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient temple linked to the pharaoh Ptolemy IV.
The remarkable discovery has reignited the debate over which hominim species gave rise to modern humans.
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a large, potentially habitable world in a nearby solar system.
An Indian military mountaineering expedition team photographed the mystery footprints in the Himalayas.
The discovery of stone tools in Algeria has cast doubt on the notion that east Africa was the 'cradle of humankind'.
Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a 'super-Earth' around a star that is a mere six light years away.
Construction workers in Georgia got the surprise of their lives when they made the grisly discovery last week.
The discovery has cemented Archaeopteryx as a transitional form between non-avian dinosaurs and birds.
The discovery of ancient cheese sieves has pushed back the origins of cheese making in the Mediterranean.
A British man claims that he has discovered the missing airliner in the jungles of Cambodia using Google Earth.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of water within the depths of the gas giant's famous Great Red Spot.
The world's largest atom smasher - the Large Hadron Collider - has found evidence of Higgs boson decay.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of a new species of giant pterosaur that lived over 200 million years ago.
The discovery means that the gas giant has a total of 79 moons - more than any other planet in the solar system.
It appears as though the space agency's Curiosity rover has discovered something interesting on Mars.
A new fossil discovery has revealed that the early supercontinent split more slowly than previously believed.
A lack of phosphorus in the universe could mean that Earth-type life is a lot rarer than commonly thought.
The discovery raises new questions about the formation of galaxies and the nature of dark matter.