The Earth appears to be surrounded by giant, invisible tubes of plasma that fill the sky above our heads.
Dashcam footage shows a creepy figure walk out on to the road and lunge at a car as it passes by.
Anthropologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a human ancestor dating back 3.2 million years.
Over half of the world's remaining saiga antelope population has dropped dead within the last few weeks.
A total of 139 weird and wonderful new plant and animal species have been discovered in South East Asia.
The 13th Floor Haunted House in San Antonio has become home to more than just actors and ghost props.
Despite spending most of their time eating it, bamboo gives pandas a bad case of indigestion.
Leigh Erceg was left a changed woman after surviving terrible injuries sustained in a fall down a ravine.
Archaeologists have uncovered the intact wreck of a Spanish merchant ship that sank back in 1681.
Scientists have succeeded in reverting the beaks of chicken ambryos in to dinosaur-like snouts.
Media reports of a close shave with a mile-wide asteroid have thankfully turned out to be exaggerated.
New photographs have provided important new clues to help solve the riddle of the mystery bright spots.
A snapshot of the past has been found in the form of a bubble frozen in the Antarctic ice.
Anthropologists believe that they have identified the oldest samples of human skin ever discovered.
Astronomers have identified the most distant galaxy ever recorded at 13 billion light years away.
A unique ecosystem discovered 1,000ft underground may increase the odds of finding life on other worlds.
Rather than avoiding harmful pesticides on plants, bees might actually be deliberately targeting them.
Significant quantities of the metal have been found inside the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent.
A case is set to be brought to the New York State Supreme Court to argue that chimps are 'legal persons'.
Samantha Cristoforetti did her best Captain Janeway impression for an epic orbital selfie this week.