Rosetta mission ends as spacecraft crash lands onto Comet 67P
Spacecraft descended to surface of comet in 'collision manoeuvre' 16 years after launch from Earth.
Into the abyss: World's deepest underwater cave discovered in Czech Republic
Hranická Propast was first explored in 1999 but divers have now measured its extreme depth.
Rosetta set for death dive into Comet 67P two years after historic mission – watch it live
Rosetta was launched in 2004 and a decade later saw Philae land on the surface of a comet.
Sweden wants Nasa to send a condom into space
Swedish Association for Sexuality Education makes promotional video encouraging recognition of condoms.
Cheap, fast and safe: 3D-printed bone fixes broken spine of rat and and skull of a monkey
Synthetic graft showed no sign of infection or rejection, with bone growth taking place within weeks.
The Genesis project: Meet the man hoping to seed life on other planets
Claudius Gros wants to send a box full of microbial lifeforms to kick start evolution.
Nasa discovers water vapour plumes on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
Hubble telescope images indicates a global saline ocean beneath its icy shell.
Listen to Nasa's mystery announcement about 'surprising activity' on Europa (FYI: it's not aliens)
Space agency set to unveil findings from images of Jupiter's moon taken by Hubble Space Telescope.
The universe is expanding in all of the directions all of the time
Maps of light from just after the Big Bang show the universe is, in all likelihood, directionless.
Ancient Hebrew En-Gedi scroll unwrapped and read after 1,400 years – here's what it said
The scroll had been destroyed in a huge fire inside the En-Gedi Holy Ark in 600 AD.
Asian hornets have officially arrived in the UK. Here's why you don't need to worry about it
Asian hornets been sighted in Gloucestershire after years of warnings of an invasion from France.
Nasa to make mystery announcement about 'surprising activity' on Europa
Space agency to host conference on Monday 26 September to announce new findings from Jupiter's icy moon.
Nasa astronaut Don Pettit: Next logical step is to go back to the Moon - then Mars and beyond
International collaboration is central to the future of human space exploration – that and imagination.
ESA's Jan Woerner: From finding life on Mars to making a Moon village, it's in our genes to explore
European Space Agency's Space for Innovation conference was held at the Science Museum in London.
Mystery dimming of 'alien megastructure' star is a load of interstellar junk
Scientists propose swarm of comets and planetoids is also causing light dips around another undiscovered star.
Sergio Canavero: Human head transplant on track for 2017 after spinal cord experiment on dog
Italian neurosurgeon claims dog that had 90% of its spinal cord severed walked again after just three weeks.
2,000-year-old human skeleton pulled from the shipwreck where the Antikythera mechanism was discovered
Well-preserved bones include a partial skull, two arms, several ribs and two femurs.
Were these Europe's last Neanderthals?
Bones dating as late as 40,000BC found to belong to Neanderthals, suggesting transition period with modern humans.
Fossils inside fossils: The ancient creatures locked in time, together forever
What creatures fossilised together can tell us about life on Earth millions of years ago.
Arctic ice cover has reached its second lowest level ever recorded despite cold summer
Ice cover on 10 September was just 4.14 million sq/km – the same amount recorded in 2007.
What happened just after the Big Bang? Scientists are hoping to find out with 240 telescopes and $9.5m
240 radio dishes will be used to measuring radiation first emitted around 13 billion years ago.
Mice born by injecting embryo with sperm challenges 200 years of reproduction science
Technique of fertilising embryo led to 24% success rate in experiments on mice.
Japan's Sakurajima volcano is due a major eruption within the next 30 years
Volcano is being supplied with enough magma to fill 3.5 Wembley Stadiums every year.
Snail venom could be used to create 'ultra-fast-acting' insulins for diabetics
Australian scientists discover natural protein in cone snails operates faster than human insulin.
How do you know when you've had too much to drink? Look around you
Understanding how people perceive intoxication could help reduce excessive alcohol consumption.
Vampire bat rabies outbreak expected to hit South America by 2020
Scientists warn of threat to livestock, human health and wildlife conservation in near future.
Conversation between two dolphins recorded for the first time. But what did they say?
Scientist believes individual pulses are words that are used to make up sentences.
North Korea nuclear bomb did not trigger an earthquake – but it could make a volcano erupt
BGS seismologist discusses impact of supposed nuclear tests in North Korea on surrounding land.
Adorable bats cock their heads to the side like dogs ... to help them kill
Bats found to coordinate head and ear movements with echolocation to hone in on prey more effectively.
Incredible image shows plankton bloom in the Barents Sea as seen from space
Bloom that took place in June was captured with the Sentinel-2A satellite.
