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Next year will be slightly cooler thanks to La Niña, but will still be one of the hottest on record.

The broadband network owned by UK taxpayers and an Indian conglomerate sends up 36 new satellites.

Jupiter and Saturn - the Solar System's largest planets - are set to cross paths in the night sky.

The Treasury says taxes must rise or services cut to compensate for the loss of fuel tax income.

Smoke from wildfires could be a surprising new route for the spread of microbes, experts believe.

The huge iceberg bumps into shallow seafloor off South Georgia island and knocks off a corner.

A girl who died in 2013 has had air pollution listed as a cause of death; what are the implications?

A forensic examination of the cargo reveals the devastation of populations caused by the trade.

One task for the Austrian will be managing the interests of EU and non-EU states, such as the UK.

Scientists find 156 new plants and fungi, including six new species of toadstool in British woodlands.

China's increase in biodegradables is outpacing its ability to degrade plastic, warns Greenpeace.

Engineers investigating the unexplained outages found they were caused by murmurations of starlings.

Chinese media report that the capsule carrying samples of lunar rock and dust has landed in Inner Mongolia.

US start-up Capella is in the vanguard of companies changing the way satellites see the Earth.

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was "living on a knife edge" before her fatal asthma attack, the inquest heard.

Good breeding conditions mean millions of people are now threatened in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.

In a blow to campaigners, judges say ministers' decision to approve the runway was legitimate.

Scientists in Japan open the Hayabusa-2 space capsule that landed just over a week ago.

Scientists will send robotic vehicles under the colossal berg drifting in the South Atlantic.

Scientists will keep a close eye on this variant to see if it is a better spreader than others.