An event known as 'the Big Rip' could ultimately see the cosmos being torn apart in the distant future.
A 100 million-year-old predatory cockroach has been found perfectly preserved in a piece of amber.
The huge stone headpieces worn by the statues on Easter Island were probably placed using ramps.
During the 1960s athlete Reg Spiers came up with an ingenious way to get home after running out of money.
The long-lost Mars lander has finally been found and it appears to still be all in one piece.
John Connors returned home to find that several large pieces of ice had crashed through his ceiling.
The world's oceans have become a dumping ground for almost 270,000 tons of waste plastics.
The space station performed an emergency maneuver last month to avoid a piece of orbiting debris.
The space telescope has photographed the eerie remnants of long dead stars in a distant galaxy cluster.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of sunlight glinting on Titan's hydrocarbon oceans.
Researchers believe that they have conclusively identified a piece of the aviation pioneer's aircraft.
A CCTV camera has recorded the moment a glass door smashed to pieces seemingly on its own accord.
Scientists have discovered that Magpies have no interest whatsoever in stealing shiny objects.
Researchers have been piecing together how therapod dinosaurs eventually became today's birds.
French physician Pierre-Jean du Monchaux wrote about the case in a book almost 300 years ago.
A picture from Jurassic Park posted as a joke has ended up being blasted by animal rights activists.
An advanced new diving suit will be worn by divers looking for more pieces of the Antikythera mechanism.
Takeaway boss John Clarkson put together a burger so large that it was as tall as a human being.
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is part of a matching pair of paintings that form a 3D image.
Researchers have been able to piece together clues about the environment by looking at old paintings.