A stunning composite image of the sun during a recent 'hybrid eclipse' in Australia is further proof that solar activity is ramping up.
Ground-penetrating radar has revealed the outline of a Viking ship in a mound in southwest Norway that was once thought to be empty.
The eruption was the most powerful natural explosion in over a century, triggering a tsunami hundreds of feet high.
An archaeological dig ahead of planned construction work in the heart of the city has uncovered the 2,000-year-old remains of adults, children and even a funerary pig.