A recent study has reportedly discovered evidence of structures stretching thousands of feet beneath the desert sands.
The ancient seed, which was found in the desert decades ago, has grown into a healthy tree.
Scientists have identified a type of desert moss that can survive in the most extreme conditions imaginable.
The long-running enigma of the mystery monoliths has entered a new chapter this week.
A motorist captured images of a large metallic disc-shaped object being hauled along a desert road on a truck.
Geoscientist Elizaveta Kovaleva explains how she and her colleagues unraveled the mystery of the yellow desert glass.
The image, which was recently featured on NASA's website, shows what looks like a giant cranium on the desert floor.
The spacecraft touched down in the Utah desert after a seven-year journey to and from the asteroid Bennu.
Nobody knows what became of the crew of the infamous ghost ship which was found adrift and deserted in 1872.
An aerial investigation of the Nazca Desert in South America has yielded the discovery of many more geoglyphs.
A rare and spectacular atmospheric phenomenon was recently captured on camera above the Atacama Desert.
Researchers have identified what are now believed to be giant geoglyphs etched into India's Thar Desert.
Archaeologists discovered the tombs at the Al-Hamidiyah cemetery in the desert 240 miles southeast of Cairo.
The mysterious monolith found in the Utah desert has now been inexplicably removed by 'an unknown party'.
A real-life version of the monolith from '2001: A Space Odyssey' has shown up in the middle of nowhere.
A plague of locusts of biblical proportions has been devouring vast swathes of crops across east Africa.
Researchers have used an artificial intelligence to identity previously unseen drawings on the desert floor.
Astronomers have found a planet with an atmosphere in a region that was thought to be hostile to such worlds.
Scientists have finally determined the origins of a mysterious yellow glass found in the African desert.
One of the space agency's recent 'picture of the day' posts reads 'flying saucer crash lands in Utah Desert'.