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Astonishing artifacts The mysterious Lady of Elche was crafted from a large limestone block before the Romans ruled Spain.

The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away.

Your weight doesn't change because of gravity but because the floor pushes back. Physicists explain why elevators briefly make you feel heavier or lighter.

In 1974, physicist Stephen Hawking described the potential for tiny, primordial black holes that existed at the dawn of time to explode — and reshaped what we knew about these cosmic behemoths.

Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, floods and predators.

An 11th-century Norse coin found in Maine raises the question of whether the Vikings landed there.

Life's Little Mysteries If you're looking for weird facts about animals, gross human body facts or just something a bit random, get ready to geek out with these fascinating bits of trivia.

While the total lunar eclipse on March 3 is the main event of the month, there's plenty more to see throughout the month of March — here's everything you need to marvel at the night sky this month.

Martin Kamen and Samuel Ruben's discovery of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in 1940 helped usher in a new era of dating artifacts from past civilizations.

A woman developed a persistent infection, and doctors couldn't pinpoint the cause for many months.