UK Antarctic meteorite hunt bags large haul

The first British-led expedition to gather space rocks in the Antarctic returns with 36 objects.

Why are there UK wildfires in February?

What is causing the multiple February wildfires and is this the new normal?

OneWeb launches mega-constellation pathfinder satellites

A London-based start-up's multi-billion-pound project to take the web everywhere gets off the ground.

HP computer stranded in space

A pair of "off-the-shelf" servers sent up to the International Space Station in an experiment still…

UK beats winter temperature record again

The Met Office records 21.2C in London's Kew Gardens, making the UK warmer than hot spots…

Virgin Galactic: Scots-born pilot rockets into space

Scotsman Dave Mackay piloted Virgin Galactic's rocket plane to 90km above California's Mojave Desert.

Hayabusa 2: Asteroid image shows touchdown marks

A new image from Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft reveals a dark splodge where it touched down on…

Botswana elephant poaching ‘no hoax’

A study confirms one of the last elephant sanctuaries in Africa has "a significant poaching problem".

Great Barrier Reef: One million tonnes of sludge to be dumped

Australia agrees to discard of one million tonnes of waste in world's largest coral reef.

Virgin’s Unity plane rockets skyward

Scottish pilot Dave Mackay pushes Virgin Galactic's rocket plane towards the edge of space.