More From Hannah Osborne
Rosetta mission ends as spacecraft crash lands onto Comet 67P
Spacecraft descended to surface of comet in 'collision manoeuvre' 16 years after launch from Earth.
Sep 30, 2016
Into the abyss: World's deepest underwater cave discovered in Czech Republic
Hranická Propast was first explored in 1999 but divers have now measured its extreme depth.
Sep 29, 2016
Rosetta set for death dive into Comet 67P two years after historic mission – watch it live
Rosetta was launched in 2004 and a decade later saw Philae land on the surface of a comet.
Sep 29, 2016
Sweden wants Nasa to send a condom into space
Swedish Association for Sexuality Education makes promotional video encouraging recognition of condoms.
Sep 29, 2016
Cheap, fast and safe: 3D-printed bone fixes broken spine of rat and and skull of a monkey
Synthetic graft showed no sign of infection or rejection, with bone growth taking place within weeks.
Sep 28, 2016
The Genesis project: Meet the man hoping to seed life on other planets
Claudius Gros wants to send a box full of microbial lifeforms to kick start evolution.
Sep 27, 2016
Nasa discovers water vapour plumes on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
Hubble telescope images indicates a global saline ocean beneath its icy shell.
Sep 26, 2016
Listen to Nasa's mystery announcement about 'surprising activity' on Europa (FYI: it's not aliens)
Space agency set to unveil findings from images of Jupiter's moon taken by Hubble Space Telescope.
Sep 26, 2016
The universe is expanding in all of the directions all of the time
Maps of light from just after the Big Bang show the universe is, in all likelihood, directionless.
Sep 23, 2016
Ancient Hebrew En-Gedi scroll unwrapped and read after 1,400 years – here's what it said
The scroll had been destroyed in a huge fire inside the En-Gedi Holy Ark in 600 AD.
Sep 21, 2016
Asian hornets have officially arrived in the UK. Here's why you don't need to worry about it
Asian hornets been sighted in Gloucestershire after years of warnings of an invasion from France.
Sep 21, 2016
Nasa to make mystery announcement about 'surprising activity' on Europa
Space agency to host conference on Monday 26 September to announce new findings from Jupiter's icy moon.
Sep 21, 2016
Nasa astronaut Don Pettit: Next logical step is to go back to the Moon - then Mars and beyond
International collaboration is central to the future of human space exploration – that and imagination.
Sep 21, 2016
ESA's Jan Woerner: From finding life on Mars to making a Moon village, it's in our genes to explore
European Space Agency's Space for Innovation conference was held at the Science Museum in London.
Sep 21, 2016
Mystery dimming of 'alien megastructure' star is a load of interstellar junk
Scientists propose swarm of comets and planetoids is also causing light dips around another undiscovered star.
Sep 20, 2016
Sergio Canavero: Human head transplant on track for 2017 after spinal cord experiment on dog
Italian neurosurgeon claims dog that had 90% of its spinal cord severed walked again after just three weeks.
Sep 20, 2016
2,000-year-old human skeleton pulled from the shipwreck where the Antikythera mechanism was discovered
Well-preserved bones include a partial skull, two arms, several ribs and two femurs.
Sep 19, 2016
Were these Europe's last Neanderthals?
Bones dating as late as 40,000BC found to belong to Neanderthals, suggesting transition period with modern humans.
Sep 19, 2016
Fossils inside fossils: The ancient creatures locked in time, together forever
What creatures fossilised together can tell us about life on Earth millions of years ago.
Sep 16, 2016
Arctic ice cover has reached its second lowest level ever recorded despite cold summer
Ice cover on 10 September was just 4.14 million sq/km – the same amount recorded in 2007.
Sep 16, 2016
What happened just after the Big Bang? Scientists are hoping to find out with 240 telescopes and $9.5m
240 radio dishes will be used to measuring radiation first emitted around 13 billion years ago.
Sep 15, 2016
Mice born by injecting embryo with sperm challenges 200 years of reproduction science
Technique of fertilising embryo led to 24% success rate in experiments on mice.
Sep 13, 2016
Japan's Sakurajima volcano is due a major eruption within the next 30 years
Volcano is being supplied with enough magma to fill 3.5 Wembley Stadiums every year.
Sep 13, 2016
Snail venom could be used to create 'ultra-fast-acting' insulins for diabetics
Australian scientists discover natural protein in cone snails operates faster than human insulin.
Sep 13, 2016
How do you know when you've had too much to drink? Look around you
Understanding how people perceive intoxication could help reduce excessive alcohol consumption.
Sep 13, 2016
Vampire bat rabies outbreak expected to hit South America by 2020
Scientists warn of threat to livestock, human health and wildlife conservation in near future.
Sep 12, 2016
Conversation between two dolphins recorded for the first time. But what did they say?
Scientist believes individual pulses are words that are used to make up sentences.
Sep 12, 2016
North Korea nuclear bomb did not trigger an earthquake – but it could make a volcano erupt
BGS seismologist discusses impact of supposed nuclear tests in North Korea on surrounding land.
Sep 09, 2016
Adorable bats cock their heads to the side like dogs ... to help them kill
Bats found to coordinate head and ear movements with echolocation to hone in on prey more effectively.
Sep 09, 2016
Incredible image shows plankton bloom in the Barents Sea as seen from space
Bloom that took place in June was captured with the Sentinel-2A satellite.
Sep 09, 2016
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