Sci-tech Here's what E.T. could actually look like Aliens may be more like us than we think, according to evolutionary biology. 07/11/2017
Russia 60 years on - Laika the dog in space In 1957 the space race was on between the Soviet Union and the US, but it was the Russians who managed to send the first living thing into orbit 03/11/2017
Sci-tech A worm went to space and came back with two heads. Why? A regenerating worm from Earth has come back from the International Space Station with two heads, a shock finding that may have significant implications for advanced health care for humans. 28/06/2017
world news Microbes and the meaning of life? Researchers in Japan are hoping microbes from Space could hold the secret to the origins of life on Earth. 21/09/2016
World ISS astronauts poised to eat lettuce grown in space The international Space Station crew is to take one giant leaf for mankind when it tucks into vegetables grown in space. A batch grown last month 10/08/2015
World [Gallery] Astronaut's stunning pictures of Europe from space Record-breaking astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, freshly back on Earth after a six-month stint in space, has become a social media star. The 15/06/2015
Germany Philae finds organic molecules on comet The Rosetta probe has managed to detect organic molecules in the comet’s atmosphere, before it ran out of power. The Philae lander instruments 18/11/2014
Sci-tech Astrobiology tries to unravel the origins of life Where does life come from? Are we really just stardust? And is there life elsewhere than on this planet? A new form of science poses all these 25/09/2012