curioustuff_chankillo-1

Our planet's history includes at least several hundred global magnetic reversals, in which the north and south magnetic poles have swapped places.

NASA has already recorded bursts of radiation from the Sun that could kill a human, but that was in 1972 and would only hit astronauts in orbit.

An ancient passage full of creepy wooden statues was discovered in Peru, in the abandoned city of Chan Chan.

To this day, no one knows for sure what happened to the first English settlement in America.

Analysis of the fossils of microorganisms dating back 3.4 billion years has provided strong evidence that life in our vast Universe is more common than previously thought.

Astronomers have discovered that invisible structures generated by gravitational interactions in the Solar System have created a "Space Superhighway" network.

Scientists around the world have tried to unravel its contents, but none have succeeded. Now, technology promises to help solve this 600-year-old mystery.

The southern Amazon was covered in a network of large villages and ceremonial centers before Europeans arrived.