An Indian-made rocket has blasted off from a site north of Chennai, carrying two satellites which will test space-docking.Docking is crucial for manned travel to the Moon or supporting...

Getty ImagesFrom busy freeways to classic-car street racing, Los Angeles has long been considered the capital of American car culture. Can it change in time for the Olympics?With nearly...

A killer whale, which captured the world's attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for 17 days, appears to be grieving...

Kevin Church/BBCThese footprints were made 166 million years ago as a dinosaur walked across a lagoonThe UK's biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in a quarry in...

London Museum from 2015A skull from shortly after the period Romans occupied BritainFrom the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions - a new way...

BBCOn Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through the atmosphere, Nasa's Parker Solar Probe was on a mission...

BBC/Tony JolliffeAstronomers are poised to catch a star that only shines about once every 80 yearsOn a cold February night in 1946, a 15-year-old schoolboy made a surprising discovery...

Hasan Jedi/Getty ImagesSuccessive heatwaves added to the many pressures faced by the almost two million people displaced by the conflict in GazaClimate change has brought record-breaking heat this year,...

National Trust Images, Paul HarrisIn early 2024, Bodnant Garden in Conwy, Wales experienced significant damage due to Storm Darragh.Storms and flooding have damaged some of the UK's most precious...

NASAParker Solar Probe broke records as it made its burning-hot fly-byA Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun.Scientists received a signal from the...

Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England...

BASDerren Fox will be spending Christmas at Signy, counting the penguinsHow are you spending your Christmas? While many will be curled up on the sofa in front of a...