The modern-day Santa Claus is based on St Nicholas of Myra, a 4th century Christian saint, loved for his generosity towards children. His grave has been found in Demre, Turkey
Volcanoes on Mars are the largest in the Solar System.
In recent decades there has been less and less rain in central India – but the rain that does fall is coming down in increasingly extreme storms.
Gravitational waves were detected for the first time in 2015, proving Albert Einstein correct 100 years after he predicted their existence.
Giant solar storm could wipe out satellites and electricals but scientists propose giant magnetic shield to protect Earth
A fossil belonging to the 'Melksham Monster' had been sitting in the archives of the Natural History Museum for nearly 150 years before being identified as a new species.
It was previously thought that ice and water could not exist around Mars' equatorial region.
More than 140,000 people have fled the region in recent weeks.
The meal could have been the ichthyosaur's first and last. Let's hope it was good.
Apparently, it's more like sex.
Since the break happened in July, Nasa had to rely solely on thermal images and radar-based data to observe the break and watch the motion of ice.
Researchers have created two devices which harness the power generated by the body.
Beaches are leaching highly radioactive caesium.
Darwin believed that life started forming on Earth after meteorites crashed into 'warm little ponds'.
According to one researcher, the whole of the accessible internet could fit into a DNA storage device the size of a shoebox.
Petition supported by local bird charity has since been set up by the 'Pigeon Embassy'.
The radiation levels were more than the double of anything previously measured by Nasa.
The battle was a turning point in late medieval Europe.
Zealandia is believed to have broken off from Australia and Antarctica around 80 million years ago.
The probe ended its mission last year with a death dive on to the comet's surface.
Violent football fans and radicals are both motivated by shared experiences, new research suggests.
The week's best photos, from Rohingya refugees and Mexico City earthquake, to Invictus Games, battle for Raqqa and Take a Knee protests.
Orbiting space station would allow astronauts carry out explorations of the Red Planet.
In the early Viking Age, modern notions of nationalism and ethnicity would have been unrecognisable.
According to the space agency, integration of various elements of Webb's spacecraft is taking longer than expected.
The orbit of the comet indicates it originates from a distant and frigid part of the galaxy called the Oort Cloud.
The US territory of 3.4 million people has struggled through nine days with virtually no electricity and shortages of fuel and clean water in the wake of the most powerful storm to hit the island in nearly 90 years.
The settlement is thought to have changed hands numerous times in its history.
New research adds weight to the belief that modern humans evolved much earlier than commonly thought.
Researchers describe the event as the biggest, unplanned, natural experiment in marine biology history.
