SCIENCE

The spacecraft was reported to have entered its designated orbit following the launch from Gobi desert.

The national animal of China usually lives for around 20 years in the wild and 25 in captivity.

Mission will bring China closer to establishing a permanent orbital outpost.

Conservation body cared for seven-month-old animals after losing their mothers.

John Kerry declares Kigali greenhouse gas deal is "biggest thing we can do in one giant swoop".

Obituary published on Outside Online sparks reports world's largest coral reef is no more.

Over 400 footprints dating to between 5,000 and 19,000 discovered at mudflat of Engare Sero.

After one year, the ScanPyramids project has yielded its first results.

Large and destructive waves cause flooding as Hurricane Nicole passes over Bermuda.

Scientists claim first direct evidence a comet struck earth the same time the planet warmed by up to 9C.

Global warming will increase the risk of Antarctica melting and scientists want to know how ecosystems would react.

New model of cosmology reveals the physics of the universe before the Big Bang.

Boundaries and regulations are necessary to nations - why should 'astropolitics' be any different?

Space Nation will see Asgardia satellite launched in autumn 2017.

Scientists have come up with new simulations to explain how the satellite's large Stickney crater was formed.

Wind and waves revealed 19th century cannonballs under a South Carolina beach - but they are blown up for safety reasons.

Images captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft suggest new craters form quickly.

The syrinx dates back to more than 66 million years ago and would have been used to produce goose-like honks.

China's famous terracotta army bears signs of Ancient Greek influence suggesting European presence in China before Marco Polo.

Help choose the best microscope images, from a centipede's fearsome poison fangs to dung-dwelling fungi.

The Intellectual Property Office has published Shawyer's application featuring novel superconducting end plates.

Scientists say microbial life soon returned to the site of an asteroid impact that wiped out 75% of all life.

The victim, a qualified nurse, instructed others on how to save him.

Naked mole rats do not feel certain types of pain - a potential evolutionary process to adapt to their crowded colonies.

The US military's X-37B space craft continues to confuse us all with its top-secret mission.

The outgoing president has vowed to work closer with private companies to get humans to Mars – and back – safely.

The Yangtze River dolphin was declared extinct a decade ago, but conservationists now claim to have seen it.

State's indigenous Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes construction of $3.7bn Dakota Access pipeline.

Scientists warn that despite our best efforts 'fires are going to keep getting bigger'.