Briefing

A new Chinese refueling spacecraft met up with an older satellite in high Earth orbit this month, apparently marking a step forward in orbital servicing.

Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.

The infected are back, over two decades since they first appeared in 2002’s 28 Days Later — and this film is the best of the three, says film columnist Simon Ings

Restricting calories has been linked to living longer in many studies, and now it seems that the drug rapamycin has nearly the same effect, at least in animals

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New Hampshire as geomagnetic activity remains unsettled.

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn’t just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it’s the second most distant that is chemically active.

“These small galaxies punch well above their weight.”

Blue Origin’s next suborbital flight is scheduled to launch on Saturday (June 21), carrying a private crew of six.

From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity – but there is an upside, says Graham Lawton

Rocks in some parts of the UK have the potential to produce natural hydrogen, but it remains unclear whether the gas is present in economically viable quantities