Aristos Georgiou

Three separate celestial events — a supermoon, a blue moon and a full lunar eclipse — will take place simultaneously on January 31.

The Mariana snailfish has been documented at depths of more than 8,000 metres below the ocean surface.

The new findings confirm a decades-old hypothesis describing how the supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies influence the birth of new stars.

Tabby's Star aka KIC 8462852 appears to be inexplicably dimming and brightening sporadically like no other star known to science.

"Meritocracy places a strong need for young people to strive, perform and achieve in modern life," researchers say.

Metalenses are flat devices which use specially engineered nanostructures to focus light, mimicking the way traditional curved lenses work, while taking up a fraction of the space.

Invasion of black and brown rats to Duncan Island pushed the Galápagos tortoise to the brink of extinction.

Even in today's tech-obsessed society, the wonders of the ancient world continue to delight. Here's our pick of this year's best archaeology stories.

Scientists are still unsure of how exactly the solar system was created, despite huge advances in the field of astronomy.

Researchers first spotted the animal when sea waters in Queensland, Australia, receded to such an extent, that a hidden population became exposed.

The objects include a 3,000-year-old Mycenaean sword, a golden crown with an inscription of the ancient Greek sun god Helios and a bust of Alexander the Great.

When sudden pressure is applied to diamene it temporarily becomes harder than diamond – the hardest material on Earth.

Sarcophagus surrounded by 14 large stone pillars covered in mysterious Turkic Runic inscriptions and set in a square excites archaeologists.

Part of the patient's shinbone was removed after road accident eight months ago, and has now been regrown in a radical new procedure by Israeli doctors.

Research into online activities suggests human sex cycles driven by cultural not biological factors.

The history of the people who once lived on Rapa Nui is shrouded in mystery, but new research is shedding light on the island's past.

The head of Habelia optata contained five strange appendages which would have made it especially effective at tearing apart its prey.

People living in the altiplano region of southern Bolivia between the 13th and 15th centuries developed a unique agricultural system.

Urkudelphis chawpipacha may be the ancestor of modern river dolphins, say scientists after exciting find in Ecuador.

Water-absorbing rocks may be reason Martian surface is so dry, according to radical research by scientists.

The writings include previously unknown Greek mythological and medical works, classical scientific documents, and the oldest surviving copy of the gospels in Arabic.

Reindeer antlers are covered in velvet – a type of fuzzy, hairy skin – which has the ability to "almost perfectly" regenerate.

During the pregnancy, doctors informed the mother that it was extremely unlikely the child would survive

New findings show that a diverse a group of organisms evolved very early in Earth's history, making it more likely that life exists outside of our planet.

The primitive species lacks certain features that are common in more complex animals, according to researchers.

Deep brain stimulation could be used to treat certain neurological disorders, according to researchers.

The earliest life on Earth must have appeared more than 3.5-billion-years-ago, according to new research.

Gliese 436b has mesmerized researchers due to its host of unusual features - including a massive, comet-like tail of vaporised gas that is 50 times larger than its parent star.

New research reveals more details about the first object ever detected in our own solar system to have originated from interstellar space