BBC News

The Future Circular Collider could be Europe's £20bn successor to the existing Large Hadron Collider.

The seeds, inside a sealed container, are the first plants ever grown on the Moon's surface.

Operations to extract fresh water from the sea are now producing 50% more of this salty effluent than expected.

See an animation showing the concentration and movement of nitrogen dioxide through the atmosphere.

Ministers hail the UK's "world leading" pollution plan, but green groups call it a missed opportunity.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has repeated remarks about race and intelligence.

Readers, who pressed for the change, can compost or put the new packaging in their food waste bin.

Claire and Emily run a hub that empowers people to turn their old clothes into new ones.

The former Cambridge professor had received the highest honour in his subject - a Fields Medal.

Spektr-R has stopped receiving commands from Earth, Russian astrophysicists say.

The $3bn refurbishment of the original sat-phone network will help transform air-traffic surveillance.

The facility is set to produce 150 million tomatoes a year, helped by red LED lights and bees.

Zoologists in Belarus are helping the flying mammal to get some sleep during hibernation season.

A Chinese rover and static lander put on the far side of the Moon take pictures of each other.

"I love their facial expressions," says wildlife cameraman Russell Savory.

The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how dynamite became a million dollar idea.

The haul, worth more than $1.3m (£1m), is one of the largest seized in South Africa in recent years.

Mysterious cosmic signals have been picked up. What are they and where do they come from?

UK engineers complete the build of a novel software-defined telecoms satellite called Quantum.

The innovative ICEYE radar spacecraft views the changing shape of the collapsed volcano.

A pet food manufacturer says switching to a dog food made of soldier flies will protect the environment.

Rare paint particles found in the teeth of a medieval nun indicate that she was an unknown illustrator of sacred texts.

A telescope picks up bursts of radio waves from a distant galaxy, shedding light on an astrophysical puzzle.

Wilpena was one of five koalas to arrive from Australia as part of a conservation programme.

About 200 trees were DNA-tested to find and preserve unrecorded varieties unique to Wales.

EU and US states are to introduce laws helping people to mend appliances that break down.

With sales of vegan foods on the rise, check the environmental impact of plant-based milks.

Following three years of decline, US carbon emissions spiked in 2018, according to new research.

Take a look at the 210ft (64m) mass of congealed fat and rubbish clogging up Sidmouth's sewers.

Female Magellanic penguins are more likely to become stranded in South America because they travel further.

Face-to-face with the marine reptile that swam the ancient seas 200 million years ago.

Speakers at a major conference have been criticised for making irrational claims based on Hindu mythology.

"We haven't seen many this winter so it's no wonder these have caught people's attention."

The sperm whale was reported to be tangled up in rope when it was first spotted earlier this week.

A Chinese robotic rover is getting its wheels dirty after rolling off its landing craft and onto the lunar surface.

The Travel Show's Christa Larwood takes two wolves for a stroll and learns how to howl with them.

Researchers at Edinburgh Zoo have found woolly mammoth DNA inside ivory trinkets from the illegal trade.

What China's Chang'e-4 mission could tell us about the far side of the Moon.

Scientists overcome a natural restriction in plants that could boost yields from important food crops.

China has successfully landed on the far side of the moon, but that is not the limit of its ambitions.

The robotic space mission is the first landing on the side of the Moon that never faces Earth.

Energy efficiency is more important in the battle against climate change than wind and solar power, research shows

New images of Anak Krakatau, which erupted last month and caused a deadly tsunami, are revealed.

The first detailed picture from Tuesday's historic flyby in the outer Solar System is released.

Increased sightings of bluefin tuna off the UK are linked to the warming effect of a long term ocean current.

The New Horizons spacecraft confirms its "healthy" status after a historic encounter with an icy world.

The New Horizons spacecraft is expected to confirm its successful pass of a far-flung world.

A year ago China imposed a ban on waste imports, so what's happened to the UK's plastic?

Organisers had planned to release 130,000 balloons at a Manila nightclub to ring in the new year.

Dr Nancy Grace Roman, the first woman to hold a senior leadership position at Nasa, has died at 93.