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Nine rare silver quarters recovered from the wreck of a steamship that sank carrying treasure from the California Gold Rush are set for auction.

A 427-foot asteroid shaped like a pyramid is set to whiz past Earth on Sunday.

Parts of Ancient Rome were built on timber imported from more than 1,000 miles away in modern-day France, a new study has found.

Archaeologists in Britain discovered a basket of 1,700-year-old eggs from Ancient Rome — and accidentally broke three of them, releasing the "world's oldest stinkbombs," SWNS reports.

Stars and comets make unlikely dance partners. Their gravitational partnership is one that astronomers have long suspected but have never seen — until now. For the first time, a Polish group has identified two nearby stars that seem to have plucked up their icy partners, swinging them into orbits around our sun. 

Nearly 42,000 years ago, massive animals such as six-foot-tall birds, 23-foot long lizards and wombat-like creatures the size of a Buick could be seen roaming the countryside. But a new study has found that these megafaunas became extinct because of human intervention and climate change. 

An unusual type of fish has the ability to produce entirely new species when it mates.

A village in Russia's Far North has been overrun by more than 50 polar bears.

SpaceX launched a 3-ton cargo payload to the International Space Station on Thursday, which included barley grains for a beer experiment, mice and a robot designed to show empathy.

Researchers have discovered a new, small volcano in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

The wreck of a World War I German battlecruiser has been discovered off the Falkland Islands.

The remains of a Viking ship have been discovered on a farm near a medieval church at Edøy, on the island of Smøla, in Norway. 

For the very first time, scientists have found evidence of a giant planet associated with a white dwarf star.

The amount of microplastic in the world's oceans is a million times greater than previously thought, according to alarming new research.

An electric eel named Miguel Wattson is shocking visitors at the Tennessee Aquarium by using its blips of electricity to power Christmas tree lights. 

A secret "covert" Catholic church built more than 300 years ago has been discovered in Dublin, Ireland.

The name of a missing Soviet spy which was hidden from the public for the past 70 years has just been revealed.

A photographer has captured remarkable pictures of a polar bear appearing to do a number of yoga poses in the Arctic.

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has several odd weather patterns, including multi-decade polar vortexes and dust storms. A new study has revealed there is a significant difference in the amount of solar energy it absorbs and the thermal energy it emits during its seasons, which could give researchers new insights into our own climate.

Look closely at the serpent constellation slithering through the northern sky, and you might see a galaxy within a galaxy within a galaxy.