One of the giant booster rockets intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa’s next rocket has been tested in the US.

Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.

A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa’s next big rocket.

Surveying the world’s first 1,000mph race track

The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.

The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.

The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show.

Astronomowie z Uniwersytetu Hawajskiego otrzymali widmo planety pozasłonecznej i określili jej temperaturę. Do obserwacji użyli 10-metrowego teleskopu Keck II.

Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover.

Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover.

Fossils from a new type of dinosaur which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor has been unearthed in Romania.

Vets at Cairo’s Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.

The UN’s climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to the organisation’s credibility.

Po ponad roku prac projektanci nowej rosyjskiej rakiety kolejnej generacji przedstawili jej projekt do oceny przez agencję kosmiczną Roskosmos. Nowa rakieta nośna nazywa się Rus-M.

Rosja planuje w 2011 roku rozpocząć budowę nowego kosmodromu. Powstanie w południowo-wschodniej Rosji i ma zastąpić dotychczasowy kosmodrom Bajkonur w Kazachstanie.

The UN’s climate science body needs fundamental reforms to the way it is managed, an international review has concluded.

A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.

A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.

A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.

A council in southern France has found a novel way of controlling the creeping advance of nature. It employs sheep.

Swarms of turbines could tap energy from Gulf Stream

Hundreds of ancient sites have been discovered by aerial surveys, thanks to a dry start to the summer.