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SpaceX pulls off Starship rocket launch in much-needed comeback
SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The …
Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than half a century, …
Skeletons found in mass grave are ancient Roman soldiers, study finds
Scientists say seven skeletons found in a mass grave in Croatia were most likely Roman soldiers who lived 1,700 years ago. The male skeletons, all …
Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk’s …
Red Tractor ad banned for misleading environmental claims
A TV advert by Red Tractor, the UK’s biggest certifier of farm products on supermarket shelves, has been banned for exaggerating the …
Ratmageddon: Why rats are overrunning our cities
Listen to Justin read this article One morning last year, John Gladwin opened the cupboard under his kitchen sink and discovered a bag of soil …
Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
A brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of …
Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics that is paving …
Netherlands' renewables drive putting pressure on its power grid
In a Dutch government TV campaign called “Flip the Switch” an actress warns viewers about their electricity usage. “When we all use …
Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media
US space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media. It is part of US ambitions to build …
Nasa Apollo missions: Stories of the last Moon men
They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. The …