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Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the oldest Viking settlement in Iceland.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Wednesday that the organization's Washington, D.C, headquarters would be renamed to honor "Hidden Figures" scientist Mary Jackson. 

A stash of ammunition used by Jordanian forces during the Six-Day War in 1967 has been discovered near Jerusalem’s Western Wall.

Officials in Vermont say that a bronze sword that recently went missing from the statue of a Revolutionary War general has been returned.

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, most of the remnants of a 2 million square foot lost continent known as Zealandia have fascinated scientists since 2017.

Experts have discovered a long-lost chest full of silver in a 600-year-old castle that was used by the Nazis in World War II.

An amateur photographer has managed to capture amusing photos of two cuckoos fighting off smaller birds over a spot to relax. 

Astronomers have spotted a mystery object that they say could be a black hole or a neutron star.

On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee made the unusual request to ask the Pentagon for a detailed, unclassified report on unidentified aerial phenomena that some believe may not be of this world.  One expert thinks this may stem from lawmakers being "disturbed" by what they heard.

If you've ever wondered how many people it will take to start a new civilization on Mars, you've got your answer.

Siberia — the land of black snow, blood rain and spontaneous solar eclipses — may have just set a dire new climate record. On Saturday (June 20), temperatures in the far-north town of Verkhoyansk broke 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) for the first time, according to news reports.

U.S. lawmakers are asking the Pentagon for a detailed, unclassified report on unidentified aerial phenomena over concerns the issue has been given scant attention from the intelligence community while acknowledging the existence of an "Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force."

Scientists have revealed new details about the far side of the moon, shedding light on its early history.

NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a stunning image of a vast bush fire plaguing Arizona on Monday.

Environmentalists have warned for some time that micro and nanoplastics threaten marine life in the world's oceans. But now scientists are concerned about the negative impacts of nanoplastics in terrestrial environments.

A rare hybrid hawksbill-green sea turtle is taking part in a long-distance online "race" following the migration of sea turtles over three months.

The human eye is able to see millions of colors, but thanks to a feature that humans don't have, hummingbirds are able to see millions more colors, a newly published study says.

Divers in Italy have discovered a “sensational” shipwreck that officials say could be a 16th-century galleon.

A massive volcanic eruption in Alaska in 43 B.C. may have contributed to the demise of Ancient Rome, a new study has suggested.

There may be a dispute in the scientific community about whether Pluto deserves to be a planet, but researchers have found evidence that the dwarf planet may have had an ocean billions of years ago.