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'Weird and wonderful' animals unlike anything else on Earth are sliding toward extinction, say scientists.

When astronauts go back to the Moon in 2024, they'll be using European hardware to get there.

As lockdowns ease, what are the risks of getting infected as people come into closer contact again?

The UK Space Agency is seeking novel ideas to track all the pieces of debris now moving in orbit.

With the collapse of the tourism industry because of the coronavirus, Thailand's captive elephants are now at risk of starvation.

A California company owned by UK businessman Sir Richard Branson fails to launch a rocket to orbit.

Plans to reduce the height of wood-based properties contradicts advice to increase construction.

Survey suggests British motorists are ready to change their behaviour to protect the environment.

After spending most of their lives in the soil, periodical cicadas will come out in three US states.

The Grade I-listed Megalosaurus statue has been in Crystal Palace Park since the Victorian era.

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken ready themselves and their kit for Wednesday's flight to the space station.

These are the key phases in the first crew mission to go to orbit from the US in nine years.

BBC News profiles the space travellers who will launch in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on Wednesday.

Doctors on the front lines are observing things that they have never encountered before - and it's a challenge.

His colourful history included escaping from a zoo and a rumour he once belonged to Adolf Hitler.

BBC News answers questions about the first orbital launch of astronauts from US soil in nine years.

Justin Rowlatt joins a team of scientists looking for small space rocks in Antarctica.

The loon, which is on Canada's dollar coin, and the eagle, America's national bird, fought to the death.

A review panel finds no technical reason to delay the first US orbital crew launch in nine years.

Locking down the UK sooner would have made a big difference to the death rate, a scientific adviser says.