Europe's big space freighter is commanded to destroy itself in the Earth's atmosphere, burning up over the South Pacific.

Two European organisations - one concerned with space, the other with defence - sign an agreement on closer co-operation.

Sufficient savings are found in Europe's controversial Galileo satellite-navigation project, which should bring the completion date nearer.

The astronauts who will fly on the last ever shuttle mission have arrived in Florida to take part in a dress rehearsal for its last flight.

The UK government accuses Poland of blocking a European Union effort to set a higher target for cuts in CO2 emissions.

A new species of mushroom is named by its discoverers after the cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants.

Children from hundreds of schools in Britain are testing the acidity of their local water as part of what organisers say may be the biggest ever global chemistry experiment.

Astronomers spot an enormous collision between four galaxy clusters, shearing apart hundreds of galaxies and hinting at the nature of dark matter.