High resolution images of the icy dwarf planet captured during the flyby set to reach Earth.
Human hand proportions suggest structure is largely primitive rather than selective.
The shortlist for one of the world's leading photography prizes has been announced.
Dr Mark Post to launch company to improve costs and texture of synthetic burger following 2013 unveiling.
Cern experiment leads to discovery of new sub-atomic particles.
Google Doodle has marked the culmination of the nine year New Horizons mission to Pluto
Horanyi is principal investigator on New Horizons' Student Dust Counter instrument.
Experts discuss New Horizons mission as spacecraft prepares to make its closest approach.
Curiosity finds rocks on Mars similar to those in Earth's oldest continental crust.
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft will flyby Pluto to map out geology and composition of dwarf planet on 14 July
Archaeologists uncover 150 Iron Age roundhouses near Winterborne Kingston.
Scientists said they were excited about the new images of Pluto being received by New horizons spacecraft.
Australia's ocean-going research vessel Investigator, accidentally finds volcano cluster while hunting for lobsters.
All the stingrays that died had been born in captivity.
Super typhoon Chan-hom slammed into eastern China on 11 July, displacing over a million people.
Thylacine hunter Michael Moss says the carnivorous marsupial isn't actually extinct - and he has the footage to prove it
Uk population has grown the fastest in the EU with a total of 64.8 million people due to net migration.
Ahead of upcoming flyby, the image has a 27 km per pixel resolution.
Scientists studied how the Poles reacted when the earth has experienced similar high temperatures.
Can the aerospace industry solve sonic boom, price and efficiency to make supersonic jets worth it?
Report highlights male attitudes towards female bosses
A report has found losses of around 70% of monitored seabird populations since the 50s.
Four veteran astronauts were chosen to work with the two companies on their trips to the International Space Station.
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft reveals closest image of dwarf planet Pluto with a big heart-shaped area.
Global divestment movement shows moral and financial incentives of moving away from fossil fuels.
Concrete-like rock of supervolcano could explain unusual ground swelling at Pozzuoli.
Researcher Benny Trakhtenbrot said: 'We therefore have a gigantic black hole within a normal size galaxy.'
The Wendiceratops pinhornensis has been named after its discoverer, Wendy Sloboda,
Global Genome Initiative aims to capture genomic diversity of half world's plants in two years.
'If we delay it may well be too late to save the most vulnerable children'