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Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected.

Satellite images show much of Canada and parts of US blanketed by smoke from the Alberta wildfires.

Nordic countries are way ahead when it comes to installing energy efficient heat pump systems.

A robot camera, looking for anomalies under the road in the US, came across the wandering beast.

Wind power overtakes gas for the first time in the UK during first three months of year.

Police in the US were later told the distress call was a goat who had been separated from his friend.

Major UK renewable energy projects being delayed by more than 10 years as grid reaches capacity.

The High court dismisses case brought by animal activists against a government change in policy.

Researchers produce a new version of the human genome that could improve medical treatments.

Most of the baby's DNA comes from their two parents, with a small percentage from a donor.

The CEOs of Thames, Yorkshire and South West Water will not take their bonuses this year.

Organisers say we need to clean up near-space debris or risk making the use of space unsustainable.

The genus is named Saurona, as marks on the insect's wings look like the all-seeing eye in Tolkien's books.

Forres-based Orbex has proposed launching up to 12 rockets a year from Sutherland Spaceport.

The touring artwork by Bristol artist Luke Jerram is on display at Aerospace Bristol until 5 June.

Morocco plans to send renewable energy to Europe, but some want it to save it for its home market.

NatureScot warned there are likely too few pure-bred Scottish wildcats for the population to be viable.

Scientists found the vital habitat was home to far less life during warmer times on Earth

The European Space Agency's first para-astronaut experiences weightlessness on a "vomit comet".

Ali Hussein Julood's father told the BBC his son's life was sacrificed for record profits.

The UK's major pension firms vote against BP's chair after the company cut its climate ambitions.

Temperatures reach 38.8C in southern Spain today as heat from Africa brings summer early.

Communication was lost with Japan's Hakuto-R lunar moments before it was due to touch down.

One of the earliest scientific findings signed by a woman is part of a newly-digitised collection.

Only the United States, Russia and China have successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon.

There’s growing concern that the oceans are heating up quickly – and scientists are unsure of the implications.

How re-wiggling artificially straightened rivers can give nature a boost.

The electricity line between the UK and Netherlands could provide green power to 1.8 million UK homes.

You want to do more about climate change, but how do you persuade the people who call the shots?

Northern elephant seals sleep underwater for just two hours per day on their months-long foraging journeys.

A healthy lioness is caught on camera in a reserve where the big cats have not been seen since 2004.

Nasa denies the flash which lit up the sky was caused by a satellite falling to Earth.

Tourists and scientists swell the population of a Western Australia town to view a rare solar eclipse.

Ambitious targets to halt the decline in nature may already be slipping out of reach, research suggests.

'Mermaid Merle' swam 30 miles all while collecting 35lb of trash in Biscayne Bay.

The "spectacular" skeleton, sold to a private buyer, is nearly 12m long and 4m tall.

Poultry can now be kept outdoors in the UK but experts are on alert for a new influx in wild birds.

Elon Musk's company SpaceX is building a ship that could transform space travel.

Installed in a Low Traffic Neighbourhood, it has been repeatedly run over, bent, burned and, finally, stolen.

Demand for air travel will be hit as decarbonisation drives up ticket prices, says industry.

Workers responsible for protecting England's environment stage a three day walkout over low pay.

Sandstorms are an annual ordeal in north-east Asia but that does not make it easier for millions.

Data and satellite images show oil spills over five years that threaten species like orca whales.

Nasa-JPL is developing a snake robot surveyor to search for signs of life in our universe

For a full year, four people will live in a simulation of the planet to help Nasa prepare for human exploration there.

Rise in wind and solar energy means that use of coal, oil and gas may have peaked for energy production.

The mandatory housing order for England and Wales will lift on April 18

A new study finds people in Menorca got high on hallucinogenic drugs during the Bronze Age.

A peer-reviewed study connects the virus with animals sold in the market linked with early cases.

A judge ruled in January that Dartmoor Park campers would need landowners' permission.