Nasa's Juno mission to Jupiter has reached its halfway mark and has revealed new views of…
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Branson’s Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space
The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic makes it to the edge of…
Astronaut Nick Hague ready for second space flight attempt
Astronaut Nick Hague is ready for his next space flight attempt, after the first mission was…
Nasa’s Jupiter mission Juno reveals giant polar storms
Stunning images from Nasa's Jupiter "JunoCam" show huge, "endless storms" at the planet's poles.
Climate change: Failure to tackle warming ‘suicidal’
UN secretary general tells climate negotiators in Poland that failure to make progress would be a…
Parker Solar Probe: Sun-skimming mission starts calling home
Having become the closest-ever human-made object to our star, the Parker spacecraft returns returns its first…
Climate change is ‘shrinking winter’
Snowy mountain winters are being squeezed into shorter periods, threatening water supplies and increasing wildfire risk.
Samples cut around Soyuz hole in spacewalk
Cosmonauts have cut samples from around a hole, which Moscow says may have been caused by…
‘Planet of the chickens’: How the bird took over the world
With around 23 billion chickens on the planet, the bird is a symbol of our times,…
Climate change: Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half
Climate change in the Arctic has caused the wild reindeer population to crash by 56%, a…