Around 13,000 tourists have become stranded by heavy snow in Zermatt, at the foot of Switzerland's famous Matterhorn.
David Sim
Jan 09, 2018
The residence was a summer getaway spot for the imperial family and other high-ranking officials, according to archaeologists.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 09, 2018
Sand dunes in the Algerian town of Ain Sefra were blanketed by a 16-inch thick layer of snow. This was only the third snowfall to be recorded in the town.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 09, 2018
Cassini's narrow-angle camera took the snapshot on 12 February, 2016 when the spacecraft was flying approximately 1.2 million kilometres away from its innermost moon.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 09, 2018
The Ministry of Antiquities confirmed that the fragment was a historical artefact and includes hieroglyphic details about the pharaoh's coronation and birth name.
Lara Rebello
Jan 09, 2018
More than 99% of green sea turtles coming from the northern Great Barrier Reef are females, study finds.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 09, 2018
The Zuma mission has been shrouded in mystery ever since it was announced in October last year.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 09, 2018
The rock art represents two cosmic objects, a full moon and a star which exploded sometime around 3,600BC.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 09, 2018
Choose one of these 24 stunning animal pictures as the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.
David Sim
Jan 09, 2018
The Book of Deer, a biblical manuscript, contains the first written evidence of the Scottish Gaelic language.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 08, 2018
Titanoboa cerrejonensis is the largest snake ever known to have existed and an early ancestor to today's boa constrictors.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 08, 2018
Intriguing behaviour of raptors is widely known among Australia's indigenous people and is often represented in sacred ceremonies.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 08, 2018
In rural China, people who believe in witches will ostracise entire families they are suspicious of. But it turns out the 'witches' will stick together to survive.
Claire Toureille
Jan 08, 2018
Scientists have long believed there may be a fourth spatial dimension beyond human perception in our 3D world.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 08, 2018
Global Ipsos-Mori poll finds more Indians believe in prospect of alien invasion than any other country.
Roger Baird
Jan 08, 2018
Researchers found various artefacts that can be traced back to the early medieval monastic period in a field near Deer Abbey in Aberdeenshire.
Lara Rebello
Jan 08, 2018
Global warming and changing climate have expanded regions in the ocean that have zero oxygen by four times. In coastal waters it has gone up ten-fold since 1950.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 08, 2018
Archaeologists uncovered hundreds of flint axes at the site in Jaljulia and believe the area may have been a regularly visited spot by prehistoric hunter gatherers.
Lara Rebello
Jan 08, 2018
Scientists found that while in the Arctic region the sinking was over 1mm a year, in the south Pacific it was 0.4mm a year.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 08, 2018
Following the successful Zuma mission, SpaceX's new massive Falcon Heavy rocket will be launched later this month.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas
Jan 08, 2018
The spectacular image was taken by the Juno spacecraft from a distance of about 13,345km.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 08, 2018
A brave dog named Red survived 10 days in the on Preseli mountains after getting 'disoriented' and disappeared during a walk.
Nicole Rojas
Jan 08, 2018
The human body has evolved to handle only a certain amount of temperature changes on Earth. Space, however, presents a whole new level of challenges and physical stress.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 07, 2018
The formations captured by the Curiosity rover are one to two millimetres wide and up to five millimetres long.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 07, 2018
Hundreds of inhabitants of the island, which is on the northeast of Papua New Guinea, have been evacuated.
Karen Noronha
Jan 07, 2018
The stars have been spotted in the Large Magellanic Cloud called 30 Doradus or the Tarantula nebula.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 07, 2018
The spectacular event can be viewed with the naked eye and there is no need for a telescope.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 07, 2018
From going to Mercury to taking tourists on space rides, there is a lot to look forward to in 2018.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 06, 2018
In just two years' time, two rovers launch for Mars to look for signs of life – Mars2020 by Nasa and ExoMars by the European Space Agency and Roscosmos.
Claire Cousins
Jan 05, 2018
30 years ago, the Montreal Protocol was agreed to regulate the use of chemicals that deplete the ozone - a layer of the atmosphere which shields the Earth from harmful UV rays.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 05, 2018
