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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the average temperature was 61.6F (16.4C).

Researchers say the mosque, dating from the 7th or 8th century, would be a rare find anywhere.

Four Russians and two Nasa engineers emerge from four months in a Moscow "spacecraft".

In a UK first, a 7m high barrier of sand is being created to help stop the coastline from crumbling.

Nearly two million cubic metres of sand is being shifted to a stretch of the Norfolk coast to protect it from the sea.

Fish, snails and fungi join a list of threatened species, as conservationists say small, slimy species have been overlooked.

A European lobby group says the range of electric car models available to consumers is getting better.

The Royal Society tells the Tory leadership candidates the UK collaborates more with the EU than the US.

As more of us worry about our carbon emissions, how can you offset your air travel?

A new photography book captures the environmental threat to America's coastal region.

Onlookers watched as a huge pod of dolphins - known as a super- or megapod - swam alongside them.

Chennai is India's sixth largest city, but its residents are relying on trucks and trains to bring them water.

Start-up NeuraLink wants to start testing its human computer interface on humans.

MPs say the simple step of adding more ethanol to the UK's fuel mix would be same as taking 700,000 cars off the roads.

Apollo 11's journey seen from Mission Control

The Moon appears red on the day of the 50th anniversary of the historic space flight.

Timothy Mwangi has cared for chimpanzees for nearly two decades at this rescue centre in Kenya.

Could a year's global plastic waste circle the Earth four times over?

Michael Collins visits the exact spot the first manned mission to the moon launched from 50 years ago.

A leaky component may have been to blame for the dramatic explosion of a SpaceX capsule during testing in April.