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Stunning images from Nasa's Jupiter "JunoCam" show huge, "endless storms" at the planet's poles.

UN secretary general tells climate negotiators in Poland that failure to make progress would be a desperate blow for the planet.

Having become the closest-ever human-made object to our star, the Parker spacecraft returns returns its first data

Snowy mountain winters are being squeezed into shorter periods, threatening water supplies and increasing wildfire risk.

Cosmonauts have cut samples from around a hole, which Moscow says may have been caused by a drill.

With around 23 billion chickens on the planet, the bird is a symbol of our times, say scientists.

Climate change in the Arctic has caused the wild reindeer population to crash by 56%, a report says.

Frank Borman was the Commander of the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon. The astronauts took an iconic photo of the Earth rising above the lunar surface.

Protesters are frustrated by strict controls on protests at the UN climate summit in Poland.

One of the most powerful Earth observation tools ever put in orbit is now gathering data about the planet.

An art installation featuring 30 blocks of ice brought from Greenland has been unveiled in London.

The mystery hole in a Soyuz capsule docked to the International Space Station caused a pressure leak.

Thieves caused at least 60,000 litres of oil to spill into Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay.

Has President Macron's controversial fuel tax set back carbon taxes globally?

Researchers at Edinburgh University carry out out the largest genetic study of hair colour to date.

Nasa detects the first signs of significant melting in a swathe of previously quiet ice streams.

Scientists are getting closer to understanding the damaging tsunami that struck Sulawesi in September.

The ice streams that flow down the flanks of Asia's high mountains are moving slower as they thin.

Having dug and drilled into the Earth, scientists can now estimate how much life exists at depth.

Earth would be a frozen lump of rock without the energy created from our nearest star.