SCIENCE

After a failure in November due to government interference, Mike Hughes was set to launch his homemade rocket with a specifically curated trajectory on 3 February.

The most powerful rocket in the world, the Falcon Heavy has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Centre.

In tests, the autonomous drone was able to function effectively in a variety of different weather conditions, including heavy fog and a Category 7 typhoon with gale-force winds.

Research may explain why genetically identical viruses are often found in very different environments around the globe.

Superionic ice does not exist naturally anywhere on Earth although it may be plentiful on planets such as Uranus and Neptune.

The Falcon Heavy will be the world's most powerful rocket ever launched.

Melting ice could release thousands of gallons of mercury into the ecosystem and scientists are not sure what would happen if it does.

Torrential rains have caused havoc in Jakarta and neighbouring West Java, as flooding and landslides have killed at least five people.

Each one of the crayfish is female and fertile enough to start its own population.

The space agency also predicts that the spacecraft will re-enter somewhere between the 43rd north and south parallels.

The code, which consists of more than 200 special characters, has mystified historians for centuries.

Two fishermen decided to save stranded animals from crocodiles infested waters in Australia on February 1. They saved two wallabies and a wild boar.

Trappist-1 planetary system contains seven Earth-sized worlds which may be able to support life, say scientists.

Four tiny specimens of the new species have been found, measuring around 2.5 millimetres in body length.

Robert Meilhammer was knocked unconscious after being struck on the head by the body of a Canada goose shot out of the sky.

The spacewalk lasted 8 hours and 13 minutes, a new record for Russian cosmonauts.

The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch an orbiter, a lander and a rover in April to the Moon as part of the Chandrayaan-2 (Lunar2) mission.

Seven swans from the Queen's flock are feared to have died from H5N6 avian influenza as experts from Defra check to see the bird flu has not spread.

Archaeologists have discovered a highly decorated 4,400-year-old tomb of an ancient Egyptian priestess just a few miles south of Cairo.

The ash spewing from the volcano could be the key to cooling down our planet and prevent our ozone layer from being damaged.

Japan's space agency Jaxa launched the smallest rocket ever to deliver a satellite into space, achieving a major feat in the spacefaring industry.

The SLS rocket engine is one of the most powerful rockets ever made and can launch a spacecraft into deep space.

The fossil is only the second known specimen found to belong to the rare prehistoric sea creature species called Wahlisaurus massarae.

The fossil was discovered by a young tourist – a 10-year-old-boy – during his visit to the Monastery of La Candelaria in Colombia.

Astrophysicists discovered the cluster of extragalactic planets using an astronomical phenomenon called microlensing.

Scientists believe that around 12,800 years ago, the Earth was hit by fragments of a dying comet, measured around 100km in diameter.

The data gathered during the Image spacecraft's five-year mission led to around 40 new discoveries about Earth's magnetosphere and plasmasphere.

The interacting pair of galaxies is located some 23 million light years away, which is roughly 10 times farther away than the Andromeda galaxy.

"Oklahoma has been transformed from a seismic dead zone to a hotspot in less than a decade," according to a University of Southampton academic.