The first of Nasa’s Grail satellites goes into orbit around the Moon to map its gravity in unprecedented detail, revealing its internal structure.

„Wśród wydarzeń mijającego roku w astronomii światowej na czele niewątpliwie są wyniki z satelity Kepler, którego precyzyjne dane pozwalają odkrywać coraz bardziej wyszukane układu planetarne” – powiedział prof. Andrzej Udalski, szef warszawskiego projektu OGLE. Na sukcesy kosmicznego obserwatorium zwracają uwagę także inni astronomowie z Polski.

Twin satellites are due to go into orbit around the Moon this weekend with the intention of mapping its gravity.

Staff say money to feed the hundreds of animals there is running out.

A venomous cone snail engulfs its prey before spearing it with a harpoon-like barb and paralysing it, footage shows.

Could hypersonic flight become a reality?

Two Nobel laureates involved in creating graphine, a flat sheet of carbon just one atom thick, are among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours.

Has the ‚one species’ human evolution idea been put to bed?

Nasa’s Grail satellites prepare to go into orbit around the Moon to map its gravity in unprecedented detail, revealing its internal structure.

This year was the second warmest on record for the UK, according to data from the Met Office says.

A model helps chart the history of how human-started fires shaped Africa’s landscape, say researchers.

A wild panda has been caught on camera gnawing at the bones of a dead gnu, a type of wild cow, in China’s Sichuan Province.

Most of us know that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the natural wonders of the world, but did you know it is home to sharks that walk on land and deadly snails that hunt fish?

How to get a giggle out of a gorilla, rat and owl – among others

Keeper Phil Ridges describes how Emmie the gorilla responds when tickled.

Wild chimpanzees consider „who they are talking to” before they call out, according to scientists.

Amateur video of what is believed to be a killer whale attacking a group of sharks in the surf has been shown on New Zealand television.

Conservationists at a Milwaukee zoo have introduced orangutans to iPads, and hope one day they could even be able to make video calls.

More elephant tusks were seized in 2011 than in any year since 1989, when the ivory trade was banned, international wildlife trade group Traffic says.

Odkrycie „planet swobodnych” zostało wymienione przez prestiżowe czasopismo „Science” wśród dziesięciu najważniejszych wydarzeń 2011 roku. W znalezieniu egzoplanet nowego typu duży udział mieli naukowcy z projektu OGLE prowadzonego przez Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.

The forgotten hero of Shackleton’s voyage

A rogue wave has damaged an anti-whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean, as it followed the Japanese whaling fleet.