For decades academics have debated how the Egyptians were able to carry 170,000 tonnes of limestone.
We are more likely to find microbial life 'sooner than' intelligent extraterrestrials.
European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli captured the astonishing footage of the Northern Lights.
The coral provides the sea creature with shelter and protects it from predators.
Researchers at Pierre Auger Observatory found that the high-energy particles are extragalactic.
Study confirms age and contents of an old sack is in line with medieval myth.
Researchers predict that by 2050 there will be as much plastic in the sea as there are fish.
Researchers observed jellyfish sleeping, suggesting the behaviour evolved before the emergence of a central nervous system in the animal kingdom.
The dwelling was uncovered during water pipeline upgrade works.
Fast radio bursts continue to pose a mystery to scientists, with questions surrounding where they originate from.
Tiny but deadly poison frogs have a clever way to stop themselves falling prey to their own venom.
Having the most vibrant distinctive colouring enhances their chances of reproductive success.
Campi Flegrei is a large area of volcanic activity close to Naples.
The creature also represents an entirely new genus, or group of species.
The unusual behaviour may have been linked to sexual activity.
Entire city was planned on a carefully thought-through grid system.
The melt occurred despite having summer conditions that were not unusual.
The unique planetary body is the first to be classified as both a binary asteroid and a main-belt comet.
Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the US territory in nearly 90 years, even stronger than Irma.
The figurines were found in the temple of Ptah.
Foreign and local rulers played the game.
President Enrique Peña Nieto has declared three days of mourning for the second time this month.
The storm ripped trees, destroyed homes and ushered in 'catastrophic flash flooding' to the US territory.
Many models for understanding the universe rely on galaxies behaving in a similar fashion to the Milky Way.
Beelzebufo - or the devil frog as it is known - weighed around 4kg and lived 68 million years ago.
Scientists have discovered huge deposits of ice on the closest planet to the Sun.
The lesser scaup rises to the challenge of competition by growing a larger penis.
The inventors plan to present the product to companies.
The 2 black holes are separated by a distance of less than one light year.
The new species of prehistoric sea creature was discovered in a clay pit near Bielefeld, Germany in the 1980's.
