SCIENCE

International collaboration is central to the future of human space exploration – that and imagination.

European Space Agency's Space for Innovation conference was held at the Science Museum in London.

Latest Greenpeace research has revealed that almost 200 people have died and 400 injured in 2016 alone.

Scientists have identified a unique protein in tardigrades that could protect humans against DNA damage.

Scientists propose swarm of comets and planetoids is also causing light dips around another undiscovered star.

Lumpini Park is home to about 400 huge monitor lizards.

Scientists do not know which species the strange mammoth found on Santa Rosa Island belonged to.

The missile test comes amid growing tensions with neighbouring Pakistan.

Well-preserved bones include a partial skull, two arms, several ribs and two femurs.

Cultures around the world will mark the changing of the seasons on 22 September.

The Space Studies Institute is to hold a conference in Colorado discussing breakthroughs in space propulsion.

Bones dating as late as 40,000BC found to belong to Neanderthals, suggesting transition period with modern humans.

The smog lasted for several months in 2015, prompting some provinces to declare a state of emergency.

Exploration company claims North West, East Midlands and North Yorkshire could rediscover their energy production heritage via shale.

Army of volunteers transport animals to trucks for trip to deeper waters at another shore.

The Chinese Psittacosaurus could disguise itself from predators.

Human bones from the battle in present-day Belgium were ground down and turned into fertiliser.

The European space probe will be crashed into a comet next week.

The hi-tech energy weapon could shoot down drones and missiles.

The aquifer system is the main source of drinking water for millions of Florida residents.

What creatures fossilised together can tell us about life on Earth millions of years ago.

Aquatic ape theory has persisted for over 50 years, despite evidence showing it does not stack up.

In social settings, some people choose not to cooperate in order to be better than everyone else.

Scientists studying climate history warn aridity could persist for years in the US state.

Ice cover on 10 September was just 4.14 million sq/km – the same amount recorded in 2007.

Summer heat wave ends as torrential rain and flash flooding cause travel chaos across England.

Protected forest residents allegedly live in fear of arbitrary evictions while suffering extortion and physical abuse.

IBTimes UK presents a small selection of the nearly 3,000 photos entered into this year's competition.

Award-winning photographers capture the quiet, majestic beauty of the night sky.