While some think medieval artists used materials that naturally darkened over time — or simply repurposed old pagan artworks — others believe the Black Madonna's skin tone was completely intentional.

If the structure was indeed a dining hall, it may be the largest of its kind ever found in a Buddhist temple from Japan's Nara Period.

Captured on February 14, 1990, at astronomer Carl Sagan's suggestion, the "Pale Blue Dot" image shows how tiny Earth looks from the outer edges of our solar system.

Nearly 70 percent of the bone fragments examined featured cut marks and intentional fractures that suggested cannibals feasted on the brains and bone marrow of their victims.

In May 2022, Emmy-winning actress Kirstie Alley was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer — and she died from the disease just seven months later.

The 69-million-year-old fossilized skull of Vegavis iaai unearthed in Antarctica suggests that modern birds evolved before the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

Researchers exploring Spain's Cova de les Dones discovered a Roman coin and 15 inscriptions in its interior chamber, revealing that the cave served as a Roman sanctuary in the first century C.E.

Big Pun made history in 1998 when he became the first Latino rapper to go platinum, but he died just two years later after collapsing in a New York hotel room.

While metal detecting in a Leicestershire field, bathroom fitter David Dunn discovered a rare hoard of 50 Roman coins expected to fetch nearly $2,000 at auction.

Though Marvin Gay Sr. admitted to shooting his famous son Marvin Gaye on April 1, 1984, he received only a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation for the crime.