The Cassini satellite puts itself on a trajectory that will take it to destruction in September.… Read the rest
Environment
Ancient carvings show comet hit Earth and triggered mini ice age
Headless human and animal symbols carved into stone in Turkey tell the story of a devastating comet impact that triggered a mini ice age more than 13,000 years ago… Read the rest
Amur leopards will be off-show to visitors at Scottish park
The Amur leopards are to be kept off-show in the hope they raise cubs that can be released into the wild.… Read the rest
Circular runways
The engineer who proposed circular runways answers critics in defence of his radical design for airports.… Read the rest
Birth of last baby orca in captivity filmed at SeaWorld
Killer whale Takara was already pregnant when the end of the breeding programme was announced.… Read the rest
Environment chief says US should exit Paris climate agreement
The US appears to be getting closer to quitting the Paris climate agreement, with Scott Pruitt, the head of the EPA, saying it’s a bad deal for the country… Read the rest
Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system’s history
Clever ways to find more space debris, and pinpoint where it came from, will help us rewrite what we know about the solar system’s turbulent youth… Read the rest
What’s made Canada’s Slims River disappear?
What’s made this river in Canada disappear? Geoscientist Daniel Shugar explains.… Read the rest
Cut-back crew for ISS launch
Russia scales back staff on the ISS until a long-delayed space lab is sent to the outpost in 2018.… Read the rest
New Zealand earthquake gives unexpected benefit
Raised coastline could end the threat of sea erosion for the time being.… Read the rest
Meet the man who watches volcanoes
Boris Behncke lives near Mount Etna and monitors the volcano.… Read the rest
Unknown ancient reptile roamed the Pyrenees mountains
The footprint made by a reptile that lived almost 250 million years ago has been found in the Pyrenees.… Read the rest
‘Perfect storm’ threatens Europe’s salamanders
Scientists call for “amphibian arks” to protect wild salamanders in Europe from a deadly infection.… Read the rest