As the shortest day of the year approaches, Stonehenge is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors to mark the winter solstice sunrise on 21 December.

Ever heard of the American drama series Touched by an Angel? How about Touched by a Ghost? No? That’s okay, never had I until earlier this month.

A landmark global study, published in Science Advances, has revealed the extraordinary diversity of microbial life thriving deep below Earth's surface.

Could this egg-shaped structure be what the future home of Indian astronauts in space looks like? The Hab-1 - short for Habitat-1.

While excavating Kuwait’s Bahra 1 archaeological site, one of the oldest settlements on the Arabian Peninsula, archaeologists came across a bizarre clay figurine that looked eerily like an alien.

After generating a buzz in the cryptozoology community, an individual named Lottie came forward to report that her aunt snapped the photo two years ago.

Astronomers have long understood that the universe is expanding—in other words, the space in between cosmic objects that aren’t bound by gravity is getting ever more vast.

Six years after NASA’s Dawn mission concluded its remarkable exploration of the asteroid belt’s largest bodies, Ceres and Vesta, new findings continue to reshape our understanding.

Scientists have voiced serious concern about the potential consequences of man-made 'mirror bacteria', they forewarn it could have the ability to end all life on earth.

Pope Francis is preparing to unbrick and open five 'sacred portals' symbolising the doorway to salvation. The doors are only opened once every 25 years, so may well be a little rusty.

A strange piece of security camera footage from Mexico appears to show a Christmas decoration come to life in the middle of the night.

An odd video from Vietnam shows a pair of puzzling UFOs hovering over a city as multiple witnesses seemingly watch the weird objects in the sky.