Astronomers have picked up the gravitational waves produced by the merging of two distant black holes.
The incredible footage shows a burst water main exploding out of the ground next to a busy street.
Andrew Day had been visiting family when he encountered four squirrels with their tails tied together.
Webcam footage of a strange red light on the second floor of the White House has gone viral online.
Scientists have conceded that the outlook for the world's largest coral reef is looking increasingly grim.
The mysterious mansion in California has opened several new rooms to the public for the first time ever.
A controversial new documentary claims that Monroe was murdered because she knew too much about UFOs.
They may be giants of the deep today, but blue whales only gained their huge size 2-3 million years ago.
Following its groundbreaking flyby of Pluto, the probe is now on its way to another Kuiper Belt object.
Pedestrians were left ducking for cover as the swarm descended on a crowded street earlier this week.
For the first time ever, scientists have had the opportunity to study a colony of these elusive insects.
It has been over a century since the ancient device was found in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece.
Remarkable new footage has finally helped scientists to explain the purpose of the narwhal's 9ft 'horn'.
The US space agency has decided against placing astronauts aboard its new rocket on its first launch.
Scientists have been drilling in to the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
A stone tablet discovered 100 years ago in Babylon may confirm the existence of the Tower of Babel.
A police helicopter moved in to warn the group who had unwittingly ended up surrounded by great whites.
A group of tourists recently spotted a strange object in the waters of Scotland's legendary loch.
When complete, the gargantuan new rocket will be capable of carrying a crew of astronauts to Mars.
A man named after one of the most infamous movie villains of all time works at a hospital in Tennessee.