For 40 years, scientists have wondered why the white dwarf at the center of the Helix Nebula was emitting such strong X-ray flares. New observations suggest those signals could be the remains of a shattered, Jupiter-sized planet.

On February 9, 1978, Kimberly Leach was in class at her Lake City, Florida school when her homeroom teacher called and asked her to come get a purse she'd left behind — and as she walked to another building on campus to retrieve it, she was abducted by Ted Bundy.

Ziv Nitzan found an ancient Canaanite scarab amulet at Tel Azekah, the site where the Bible says David defeated Goliath.

André the Giant's grew so large due to a hormonal disorder called acromegaly, but the condition that helped make him so famous also led to his death in 1993.

From malt shops and jukeboxes to the early civil rights movement and the atomic age, take a trip back in time with these colorized photos from the 1950s.

Shadow people are dark entities that have reportedly been spotted in dim rooms and abandoned buildings around the world, but there are several scientific explanations for their existence.

Found at the Nescot archaeological site in 2015, these largely corgi-like canines were believed to have been ritually killed in various ceremonies, likely in honor of deities such as Pluto, god of the underworld, and Hecate, goddess of witchcraft and the Moon.

After a long battle with substance abuse, 26-year-old Mac Miller died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol on September 7, 2018.

At first glance, Sirenobethylus charybdis may look like a wasp you'd see today — but a closer look reveals a horrifying "grasping apparatus."

After learning about Forrest Fenn's $2 million hidden treasure, Michigan medical student Jack Stuef spent two years searching — and finally found it in Wyoming in 2020.

From his love affair with Cleopatra to his humiliating defeat by Octavian, Mark Antony left behind a memorable — and complicated — legacy.