From: BBC News on Mon, Apr 25 2011 1:02 AM

Scientists test new technology that may take us one step closer to a manned mission to Mars.

From: BBC News on Sun, Apr 17 2011 10:55 AM

When Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel in space on 12 April 1961, millions of people marvelled.

From: BBC News on Wed, Apr 13 2011 2:49 PM

Bluebells have bloomed two weeks earlier than normal because of the warm weather, but walkers have been asked to watch where they put their feet.

From: BBC News on Mon, Apr 04 2011 7:49 PM

Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut have begun a mission to the ISS aboard a Soyuz rocket that blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

From: BBC News on Thu, Mar 10 2011 8:23 AM

Is the common urban pigeon to be loved or to be loathed? Are they our feathered friends or vile? A pigeon lover and a pest controller debate.

From: BBC News on Wed, Mar 09 2011 1:20 PM

US space shuttle lands in Florida for the last time after its final mission.

From: BBC News on Wed, Mar 09 2011 10:02 AM

It’s a momentous day for Nasa: the final landing of the space shuttle Discovery at The Kennedy Space Centre. Eileen Collins is a former Nasa astronaut and the first woman pilot of a shuttle.

From: BBC News on Tue, Mar 08 2011 11:23 AM

A nature reserve in California is using hungry goats in the battle against invasive species. Danielle Lefer, from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, explains the tactic.

From: BBC News on Tue, Mar 08 2011 11:23 AM

It is well known that chimpanzees and apes work together to survive, but a new study has found that elephants are good at teamwork too.

From: BBC News on Mon, Mar 07 2011 12:35 PM

The space shuttle Discovery has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) for its final journey back to Earth.

From: BBC News on Sun, Mar 06 2011 5:43 AM

Professor Brian Cox visits a giant solar calendar built in a desert in Peru in his quest to understand the nature of time in creating the universe.

From: BBC News on Fri, Mar 04 2011 3:51 PM

Nasa’s attempt to launch its latest Earth observation mission has ended in failure after the launch rocket failed to release its payload, the second time such a problem has occurred.

From: BBC News on Fri, Mar 04 2011 1:43 AM

The 700th edition of the Sky At Night airs on Sunday, being fronted as ever - with the exception of one programme in 2004 - by Sir Patrick Moore.

From: BBC News on Fri, Mar 04 2011 1:43 AM

A colony of bats who live in the centre of a US city have turned from villains to champions.

From: BBC News on Thu, Mar 03 2011 8:14 PM

A seal pup that was found the yard of a machinery hire company in January has been released back into the wild.

From: BBC News on Thu, Mar 03 2011 5:44 AM

Two American astronauts have completed the last shuttle "Discovery" spacewalk before the craft is retired from service.

From: BBC News on Thu, Mar 03 2011 5:44 AM

Thousands of previously classified documents reveal tales of one man being abducted by aliens, a Lancaster bomber was shadowed by a strange craft and an RAF officer had a close encounter while on holiday in Sri Lanka.

From: BBC News on Wed, Mar 02 2011 6:57 PM

The government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir John Beddington, has admitted he and his colleagues were unprepared for last year's volcanic ash cloud.

From: BBC News on Sun, Feb 27 2011 11:01 PM

Officials evacuated the area after weeks of torrential rains and flooding that has affected much of the country.

From: BBC News on Sat, Feb 26 2011 4:56 AM

The birth of two rare Asiatic lions has been caught on CCTV.