Photo of Mars, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. A close encounter of the Martian kind was due to occur Wednesday June 13 2001, and could trigger a flood of UFO reports. Mars was heading towards its closest approach to Earth in more than a dozen years.

Scientists at Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum will help the Nasa Perseverance rover select the Martian samples to be brought back to Earth.

London researchers to help with search for life on Mars

If you look up to the skies tonight you should see a rare spectacle as the moon rises.

Super blue moon to appear over London

Early risers and planet gazers were treated to a cosmic event when Venus and Jupiter appeared side by side in the sky.

Jupiter and Venus appear side by side for stargazers

A new planet which could contain life has been discovered close enough to Earth to be reached by future space missions. 

Planet found four light years away could contain life

University College London and Colchester Institute students have launched a potential car of the future, weighing in at just 30kg.

London students design 30kg, fuel-efficient car

Regulators have granted permission for the trial to go ahead at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

Bionic vision system to be tested on London patients

The British astronaut is currently working working on the International Space Station.  

Astronaut Tim Peake posts stunning space view of London

Researchers from Imperial College London believe they have found a cure for motion sickness.

Cure for sea sickness on the horizon

Britain's most famous particle physicist says not enough female and minority students are considering a career in science and maths

Prof Brian Cox on getting more girls into science

The first Blue Moon since 2012 will appear over the UK on Friday. The next won't be until 2018.

Lunar spectacular 'once in a Blue Moon'

London architects have come up with an innovative new building design that casts sunlight, not shadows, on the streets below.

'No shadow' skyscraper planned for the capital

The plaster dinosaur skeleton is not considered relevant enough to what is happening to the natural world today.

Dippy the Diplodocus forced to retire at the NHM

The Geminid meteor shower occurs tonight and astronomers predict it could be worth staying up for.

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