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Updated | 2025-07-04 07:15 |
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Tension is mounting as scientists await confirmation that a flyby of Pluto by Nasa's New Horizons probe was a success.
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Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, approaching within 12,500km of the icy world.
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The New Horizons probe has reached Pluto after a 10 year journey of three billion miles (4.8 billion km).
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Climate change risks should be assessed in the same way as threats to national security according to a new report.
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Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark.
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After a near-10-year-journey to the outer Solar System, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft begins the most intense period of its encounter with Pluto.
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Pluto has just been found to be ever so slightly bigger than we thought, having a diameter of 2,370km.
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This week's flying visit to Pluto is a beginning, not an end.
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Engineers say the New Horizons spacecraft is in great shape for its historic flyby of Pluto on Tuesday.
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Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft is due to flyby Pluto on Tuesday and scientists are expecting it to send back the clearest ever images of the distant dwarf planet.
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A network of ash detectors is to be installed across the United Kingdom to help prevent volcanic ash cloud shutting down European airspace.
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Nasa's New Horizons probe returns a last look at Pluto's fascinating dark spots before they rotate out of view ahead of next week's historic flyby.
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As Nasa's New Horizons probe gets ready to flyby Pluto on Tuesday, the Royal Observatory's Public Astronomer Dr Marek Kukula looks at one of the most divisive issues in modern science - Pluto's reclassification to a "dwarf planet".
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The record-breaking Solar Impulse plane will be grounded in Hawaii for at least two weeks because of battery damage, making a complete round-the-world journey this year increasingly difficult.
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For the first time an electric plane has successfully flown across the English Channel.
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As the New Horizons probe heads towards its historic 14 July flyby of Pluto, its images are starting to reveal tantalising indications of the dwarf world's geology.
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An Indian PSLV rocket launches from Sriharikota to put five UK satellites in orbit.
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Scientists say that the giant panda's ability to survive on bamboo is down to its energy-saving lifestyle.
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Experts are warning that sowing wildflower seeds in rural areas could be bad for native plant species.
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Researchers warn bumblebees are under threat from climate change.
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The natural habitats of bumblebees are shrinking because of higher temperatures in Europe and North America, threatening their survival, researchers say
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The Large Hadron Collider and jazz pianist Al Blatter make an unlikely musical duet at the Montreux Jazz Festival
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MPs could vote on changes to existing laws on fox hunting in England and Wales as early as next week.
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A weakness has been discovered in a French nuclear reactor of the type set to be built at Hinkley in Somerset.
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IBM says it has overcome technical hurdles threatening to delay the manufacture of silicon chips with the smallest components so far.
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The development is approved of a completely novel type of telecommunications satellite, which will be built in the UK.
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Nasa's spacecraft New Horizons acquires another stunning view of Pluto as it bears down on the dwarf planet, ahead of its 14 July flyby.
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An ambitious project was launched Wednesday to collect the genomes of the planet's major plant groups and put them into deep freeze.
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Scientists release their latest map of the surface of Pluto, using images from the inbound New Horizons probe.
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Astronomers have discovered a very rare system of five connected stars.
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Measuring loads on a car that is travelling at supersonic speeds
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The BBC's forthcoming mini-computer gains features absent in an earlier prototype, but is also to be more bulky when used as a standalone device.
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The New Horizons spacecraft lost very little science data when it went into "safe mode" at the weekend, the mission team says.
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Scorching summers such as the one in 2003 look set to become more common in England and Wales, a study suggests.
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The pollen count is an important part of the weather forecast for the estimated 31 million people who suffer from hayfever.
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Scientists say a compound in cat urine changes mouse behaviour, making them less afraid of cats.
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Solar Impulse, the aeroplane that is powered only by the sun, lands in Hawaii after making a historic 7,200km flight across the Pacific from Japan.
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A major report warns that life in the seas will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions from industrial society are drastically cut.
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Northern Ireland is to start a limited cull of badgers as part of a research project to combat a disease in cattle that costs the taxpayer £30m a year.
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Zoo animals across Europe are being fed frozen treats to keep them cool and hydrated during the current heatwave.
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A gene therapy has stabilised and slightly improved cystic fibrosis in some of 136 patients in a trial.
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Super slow-motion video reveals the engineering secrets researchers can learn from the creatures' spring-loaded legs.
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A major report warns that life in the seas will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut.
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Researchers are using super slow-motion footage to reveal the secrets of the most acrobatic insects
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Juan Pablo Culasso has been blind since birth but he has become one of the best "birdwatchers" in South America.
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BP has reached an $18.7bn (£12bn) settlement with the US Department of Justice following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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