A super telescope has begun the most detailed survey of the Universe ever undertaken. The aim of the five-year programme is to shed light on Dark Energy - the mysterious force thought to drive an...
Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a comprehensive new study. The number is based on actual extinctions rather than estimates, and is twice...
The cause of the snow protection in the industrial area in
the Siberian Kuzbass is found. Now it will be cracked down, said the governor
of the affected region. Black snow had caused great concern...
A group of scientists has called for a ban on the development of weapons controlled by artificial intelligence (AI). It says that autonomous weapons may malfunction in unpredictable ways and kill...
Four senior figures behind efforts to limit climate change have warned that the planet "is at a crossroads" as key talks opened a day early in Poland. In a rare move, four former presidents of the...
The US space agency Nasa has landed a new robot on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red Planet. The InSight probe aims to study the world's deep interior, and make it...
Researchers say that the world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years. Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60% more than...
If you see something on Sunday night that looks like it came from space, it did. But don't worry. It's just a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landing in California for the first time. Elon Musk's launch...
Most of the plastic food containers that householders wash out after use and put in the recycling bin cannot actually be recycled, it has emerged. The mixture of plastics used in many yoghurt pots,...
Experienced sailor Emily Penn has set out with an all-female crew to investigate the world's largest accumulation of marine plastic. Her team will carry out scientific experiments on the "Great...
The American space agency Nasa has launched its latest mission to Mars. InSight will be the first probe to focus its investigations predominantly on the interior of the Red Planet. The lander - due...
In a routine flyover in the Arctic ocean earlier this month, a NASA scientist photographed images of mysterious ice holes over the eastern Beaufort Sea. The holes appear to be the first of their kind...