The US SpaceX rocket company puts a second commercial TV satellite in orbit, emphasising its ambition to take a big slice of the market for launching telecommunications spacecraft.

Striking images of a young supernova brimming with fresh dust have been captured by a telescope in the Chilean desert.

Substantial cuts to the government's environment department budget will hamper its ability to cope with emergencies such as flooding, MPs warn.

Two ships - a Russian research vessel and a Chinese icebreaker- break free from Antarctic pack ice after being stuck for days.

The serious flooding in parts of the UK has prompted the government to activate the global charter on space and natural disasters.

Earth-sized planets could support life at least 10 times further away from stars than thought, Scottish researchers claim.

The first consignment of chemical weapons materials leaves Syria on a Danish ship, as part of a UN-backed deal to destroy Syria's chemical arms.

Radioactive particles from nuclear tests that took place decades ago persist in the upper atmosphere, a study suggests.