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A gardener in Israel has unearthed a rare bronze ring bearing the image of St. Nicholas that dates back to the Middle Ages.

An extremely rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that was hidden behind wallpaper to protect it from ransacking Civil War troops, has surfaced.

Some hardy Earth microbes could likely survive in the Saturn moon Enceladus' buried ocean, gobbling up hydrogen produced by interactions between seawater and rock, a new study suggests.

Freak rains in the driest part of the world have revealed hidden microbes that could point to what life on Mars might look like.

It may not be as widely available as say a bottle of Poland Spring, but the water on the Moon may be more widely available than first thought, giving new hope for its potential.

Recent Hubble Space Telescope findings suggest that the universe is expanding much faster than expected — and astronomers say the rules of physics may need to be rewritten in order to understand why.

When John Quincy Adams was not yet president but secretary of state, he ordered that 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence be made, as the then-40-year-old calfskin document was already becoming tough to read.

The Scandinavian country announced Monday that it is going to spend about $12.7 million to upgrade its “doomsday” seed vault that is the world’s largest repository built to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out global food crops.

On a September night in Argentina, amateur astronomer Victor Buso took his camera outside, mounted it on a 16-inch telescope and trained it on a spiral galaxy some 80 million light-years from Earth.

After decades of looking for it, scientists have discovered a new species of shark, one whose ancestors lived 250 million years ago.

A cemetery, more than 2,000-years-old, has been found in Egypt containing over 40 mummies and a necklace with a "message from the afterlife."

We are on the cusp of discovering new technologies that “will take us even farther as we explore the planets and the stars” — and lead us closer to making contact with alien life, writes Michio Kaku in “The Future of Humanity.”

Forget cryptocurrency — the next big “gold rush” isn’t even on Earth.

The largest black holes grow faster than their galaxies, according to new research.

An 18-year-old lioness named Bridget living at the Oklahoma City Zoo has mysteriously grown a mane.

So, a guy walks into a bar –and in this case, stumbles upon not just any bar—an historic western saloon on the old frontier with original artifacts displayed throughout.

A swarm of more than 200 earthquakes struck Yellowstone National Park over the past two weeks, but that probably doesn't mean the "big one" is coming anytime soon, according to geologists from the park.

Nearly 70 years after his passing, the Sultan of Swat is still knocking them out of the park.

A rare letter from the Beatles to an Atlanta DJ is up for auction in the U.K. this weekend.

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars found tiny, dark bumps on a Martian ridge that are similar to those found around gypsum crystals that form in drying lakes on Earth, according to a statement from the space agency.