Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines by the industry regulator over historic sewage spills. The proposal will now go to public consultation and is part of…

Derren Fox/BAS A23a is vast. Its flat, table-like top stretches to the horizon Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world’s biggest iceberg. For months now it has been spinning…

Kevin Church/BBC Rory Golden was on the Titan’s support ship when the submersible went missing A witness to the Titan submersible disaster has told BBC News about the fear and…

Emma J Long The scientists were able to pick out the perfectly preserved creature’s internal anatomy in different colours The internal anatomy of a prehistoric creature the size of a…

Moment Ariane-6 takes off for first mission Europe’s big new rocket, Ariane-6, has blasted off on its maiden flight. The vehicle set off from a launchpad in French Guiana at…

Getty Images We’re in the midst of a Moon rush. A growing number of countries and companies have the lunar surface in their sights in a race for resources and…

Rare footage of a baby western lowland gorilla was taken in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo. The baby, born to mother Mekome, is thought to be a week old. Western lowland…

Image copyright European Southern Observatory Image caption Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes have a radius between one to four times that of Earth Researchers have recreated the chemistry of atmospheres on distant…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir John had laboratories named after him at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute British genome pioneer Sir John Sulston has died aged 75. He…