Anthropologists have published the results of a new study in to two fossil skeletons found in South Africa.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the brightest quasar ever detected in the early universe.
Astronomers have identified the farthest known object in our solar system at a distance of 11 billion miles.
Scientists have discovered some rather unusual feathers within pieces of amber dating back 100 million years.
The 180 million-year-old specimen was originally discovered at Holzmaden quarry in Germany.
Built by Dutch millionaire Johan Huibers, the enormous 2,500-ton vessel is nothing if not impressive.
An experimental nuclear fusion reactor in China has achieved a temperature six times hotter than the Sun.
Scientists studying data from the Gaia satellite have identified a massive 'ghost' galaxy lurking nearby.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a herbivorous dinosaur dating back 110 million years.
The discovery has cemented Archaeopteryx as a transitional form between non-avian dinosaurs and birds.
A fossil belonging to one of the world's earliest known flesh-eating fish has been unearthed in Germany.
The caged lion cub was found abandoned in the middle of a field to the north of the city of Utrecht.
Eerie footage of a one-legged ghost of Thai mythology has recently been viewed over 3.5 million times.
Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed a broken soapstone amphora containing hundreds of gold coins.
A new study has determined how a volcanic eruption 205 million years ago wiped out 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of a new species of giant pterosaur that lived over 200 million years ago.
Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede is producing 'chorus waves' one million times more powerful than average.
When elderly couple Jerry and Rita Alter died, a stolen painting worth millions was found in their bedroom.
A new study has highlighted two periods in the Moon's distant past when it may have actually supported life.
The wreck of a Russian ship thought to contain 5,500 boxes of gold bars has been found off South Korea.