The Lyrids meteor shower occurs mid-April each year. Watch the shooting stars online here.
Earthquake is the second off coast of Pacific island in weeks.
Force 7.2 quake is latest in series to have flared across Pacific basin, from LA to Chile.
Rocket deployed cargo ship loaded with vital supplies for astronauts living on space station.
7.2 magnitude quake centred north of Acapulco shakes Mexico, sending panicked people into the streets
This Ladee's not for turning: £166m lunar explorer obliterated on impact
Researchers have discovered one of the first sex reversals in nature, with little-known cave insects in Brazil.
Five climbers still missing after avalanche at 21,000 feet.
Ancient tundra preserved under Greenland ice sheet gives clues about its history.
Rocky planet found by Kepler telescope excites astronomers with water potential
Reservoir holding 38 million gallons of treated water contaminated by teenager needing the toilet.
Lyrids Meteor Shower to peak on 22 April with bright fireballs shooting across sky.
Poll shows how Americans feel about new developments in science and technology
How to colour your own Easter eggs with natural dyes at home
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have found four new types of carnivorous sponge in California
Charities issue pets warning ahead of Easter Holidays 2014.
Snake bit off more than it could chew with Scolopendra cingulate centipede.
London Zoo announces Sumatran tiger Melati had two boys and a girl.
RSPB wildlife survey shows just 3% of people have seen a red squirrel while greys maintain dominance
Study of an ancient shark fossil at American Museum of Natural History reveals insight into jaw evolution.
More than 280 people are still missing after a ferry carrying 462 people sank off South Korea.
After 5.3m great white caught of Australia's coast, IBTimes UK looks at history's largest sharks
Inventor James Dyson wants to use cyclone technology to rid the world's rivers and oceans of rubbish.
A 1,500-year-old Chilean mummy has shown evidence of arsenic poisoning in Tarapacá Valley in Chile's Atacama Desert
Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory say electrical energy naturally produced at the sea floor gave rise to life.
The finalists in the 11th annual Smithsonian Photo Contest have been announced, and you can help choose the winner.
Nasa to test first space-to-Earth communication system from International Space Station
Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison say study could influence gender and disease in later life.
Virgin Galactic has partnered with Land Rover in a global sponsership deal for the feldging space tourism company.
Nasa satellite pictures focus on Planet Earth land masses and topographical features