A code used by a Spanish king to communicate with his top military commander has finally been deciphered.
The diminishing Arctic sea ice is making it almost impossible for polar bears to satisfy their energy needs.
Consisting of 16 separate images, the impressive vista was captured using the rover's wide-angle lens.
100 million-year-old dinosaur and mammal tracks have been found at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Giant Sultan Kosen from Turkey was pictured with tiny Jyoti Amge from India in front of the Pyramids this week.
Archaeologists have discovered a red crayon that would have once been used to color animal skins.
A prehistoric jawbone unearthed in Israel's Misliya Cave is believed to date back up to 200,000 years.
One of the last two untranslated Dead Sea Scrolls has finally been pieced together by archaeologists.
A new study by researchers in China has put forward a novel new way of tackling the problem of space junk.
Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
A university professor in Arizona is working on a system that can translate animal noises in to English.
The ice, which is thought to descend almost 330ft, could help to support a future manned presence on Mars.
Lieutenant Norishige Kanai has grown so much while in space that he may no longer fit in the Soyuz capsule.
There has been a distinct reduction in the level of ozone-destroying chemicals in the Earth's atmosphere.
61-year-old Jemima Packington from Evesham, England claims to be the world's only known 'asparamancer'.
A new competition has been launched to help develop animal-like drones powered by directed-energy beams.
The Mars Curiosity rover has discovered some rather peculiar structures and nobody knows what they are.
Archaeologists have unearthed a depiction of the mythical Aztec universe on the side of a volcano.
The incredibly well-preserved fossil eggs were found by accident during excavations on Christmas Day.
A radio astronomer at MIT may have an explanation for why we have yet to be contacted by aliens.