The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.

A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.