Lonely hearts club

Galaxies may seem lonely, floating alone in the vast, inky blackness of the sparsely populated cosmos…

Moonrise at Europe's mission control

After a spooky day of spacecraft operations, a crescent Moon rises over ESA’s mission control in…

They Didn’t Find Life in a Hopeless Place

In some of the world’s saltiest, most acidic bodies of superheated water, even the most extreme…

Halloween crack

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over cracks in the Brunt ice shelf, which lies…

Earth from Space: Halloween crack

Video: 00:02:57 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission…

Energy giants face 35% output cut to hit Paris climate goals: watchdog

The biggest listed oil and gas giants must slash production by more than a third by…

More fires and evacuations in weary California

Firefighters battled several active wildfires on Thursday in California appearing to make headway against a number…

The science of zombies: Will the undead rise?

Hordes of brain-munching undead terrorizing neighborhoods make for fun television and movies, but zombies could never…

A new ranavirus threatens US amphibian diversity

Kudzu and emerald ash borer are widely known examples of an invasive plant and an invasive…

Climate policies 'will transform UK landscape'

Britain’s countryside could be transformed by policies to combat climate change. Click here for…