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Imagine the horror when you open your bathroom vanity to discover… a deadly snake hiding in the top drawer.

A British man was walking his two dogs on the coasts near Stolford, Somerset on Saturday when he stumbled upon what is believed to be the fossilized remains of a 65-million-year-old ichthyosaur, The Sun reports.

If the truth is out there, it might be one we can't yet explain.

NASA has revealed a fascinating “treasure map” of where water ice may be found just below the surface of Mars.

If there is life in the Solar System outside of Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus are two of the most likely spots to hold them. However, any extraterrestrial creatures on these celestial objects probably are not related to us, according to a new study.

Astronomers have spotted an "ancient star burst" in the center of the Milky Way so drastic and intense that it resulted in more than 100,000 supernova explosions.

Archaeologists made an "extremely rare" find in China when they found a human skeleton with an uncommon form of dwarfism, according to a recent news report. 

Deep under Earth's surface, earthquakes rumble in the mantle's transition zone, the area that divides the upper mantle from the lower. Liquid in the mantle is thought to play a part in driving those deep earthquakes, but until now, no smoking gun could prove that fluid was present at those depths.

Archaeologists have discovered three burials at the historic Alamo site.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped a stunning picture of a galaxy about 50 million light years away.

The meaning of Easter Island's mysterious Moai, which have stood on the remote Polynesian island for hundreds of years, has long been a source of interest for researchers.

An international team of scientists has mapped huge blocks on the seabed from the recent eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano.

The bat used by Babe Ruth to hit his 500th home run has been auctioned for more than $1 million.

Far below the frozen cover of the Greenland ice sheet sprawls miles of bedrock — and extending through that bedrock for close to 1,000 miles is a valley that may contain a subterranean river, transporting water from central Greenland to the northern coast.

The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front has become known as the "Battle of the Bulge" for the thrust into the Allied lines. For the Americans, this was to be the largest and bloodiest single engagement of the Second World War, and also the third deadliest campaign in American history. It began 75 years ago on Dec. 16, 1944, and while it caught the Allied forces off guard, in the end, the German Army failed to meet its objectives and the battle essentially exhausted the Germans of their resources.        

Three sets of human remains were found at the Alamo during an archaeological exploration of the historical Texas landmark, according to a statement on Friday from the Texas General Land Office.

Scientists are scouring the remote Antarctic ice cap for rare meteorites chock-full of iron and holding secrets to the history of our solar system going back some 4.5 billion years. 

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the comet 21/Borisov zooming through our solar system at a breakneck speed of 175,000 kilometers per hour.

Archaeologists have shed new light on two 8,500-year-old human teeth that once formed part of a necklace or a bracelet.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 1,700-year-old Christian basilica in Ethiopia.