Despite a few technical hiccups, the mission succeeded in further cementing America's dominance in the space race.
This remarkable new robot was inspired by dandelion seeds and requires only a light source to power it up.
Archaeologists excavating a car park off the coast of Northumberland, England have unearthed seven skeletons.
The enormous snake was recently captured on camera when Everglades visitor Kymberly Clark came across it.
Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of the death of pilot Thomas Mantell who crashed while pursuing a UFO.
Back in 1992, two friends had been traveling in South Lanarkshire, Scotland when they encountered something terrifying.
Treasure hunters will soon be scouring the Dutch countryside for a cache of riches buried by German soldiers during WWII.
Dozens of witnesses took to social media to post photographs and video clips of the unusual aerial phenomenon.
Social media was awash on Friday with reports of strange objects, vapor trails and colored lights over the country.
Here we take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last twelve months.
The alleged entity was picked up on camera on a dark woodland path in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
This hellish world was photographed in remarkable detail during one of the probe's recent flybys.
Dating back one million years, the remarkably intact skull has been hailed as an important find by palaeoanthropologists.
The unattached appendage had been found floating in the scalding-hot water by park staff earlier this year.
The end of the spacecraft's current mission was marked by a series of sonic booms over Florida on Saturday.
A motion-activated trail camera has picked up what appears to be a small humanoid creature peering out of the darkness.
NASA is preparing to test one of its latest creations - and it could very well spark a spate of UFO sightings.
The incident serves as a stark reminder of the danger these enormous snakes can pose to humans.
This fearsome looking denizen of the deep has needle-sharp teeth and a terrifying extendable mouth.
The destructive hurricane currently making landfall in the United States has been displacing the local wildlife.