SCIENCE

The cluster is the most distant ever to be detected and formed two-and-a-half billion years after the Big Bang.

Archaeologist hoped gold cups and human bones would help prove common 'Aryan' ancestry of Spain and Germany.

The mummy, a woman called Meritamun, could have lived some 2000 years ago.

It's time to embrace the idea life on Earth might have started in a hydrothermal vent

Astronomers hunting the hypothetical Planet Nine say they are 80% sure it exists.

On 1 September, an annular eclipse will travel over several African countries.

Disappearing fish, a hungry hornbill and an inquisitive fox are among the highly-anticipated images.

There's little chance planet can comply with Paris climate change accord, warn scientists.

Numbers of the animal have declined 65% between 2002 and 2013.

Cerebral blood flow appears to have led to greater synaptic activity resulting in better cognitive ability.

Discovery alters traditional view that skies of Late Cretaceous period were dominated only by large beasts.

After a primary impact on the Moon, ejected material stays in orbit and can land again on its surface.

The adorable cub will open its eyes for the first time in around two weeks.

The object, which lies 12,000 light years from Earth, has perplexed astronomers for years

Dr José Rodal says the paper has been accepted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Seven licenses have been given covering parts of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.

A Russian telescope has observed "a strong signal" from the star, HD164595, in the Hercules constellation.

Ash clouds during 2010 Eyjafjallajokull erutpion caused Europe's air space to be shut down for almost a week.

Skeletal fractures suggest hominid died after great fall and that species was both arboreal and terrestrial.

The herd was hit by lightning on Friday 26 August in southern Norway, killing 323 animals, of which 70 were calves.

Crew and passengers experienced a close encounter with three humpback whales near Byron Bay.

The conditions replicated as closely as possible a trip to the Red planet.

Typhoon Lionrock is set to hit Japan in the same week as typhoons Mindulle and Kompasu.

A hurricane formed off the coast of Florida could be headed to the UK, this week according to reports.

The reserve, home to 7,000 different species, is renowned for its natural wonders, as well as being culturally significant to Hawaiians.

California's legislature approves a bill that will ban the export and performances of orca.

The area will now cover 582,500 sq miles containing over 7,000 species.

Fires in Indonesia cause an annual crisis that blankets large parts of the region in choking smog.

Dark matter is an invisible and unidentified form of matter, which accounts for around 27% of the universe's total mass.