Elaliite and elkinstantonite are the new names but the Saar people in Somalia call it Nightfall.

China has sent astronauts to live on its space station, the second permanent outpost in orbit.

About 600,000 birds have been culled or have died in the UK's worst avian flu outbreak.

Why is bird flu so bad this year and why are scientists so concerned?

The spacecraft travels further from Earth than any previous vehicle built for astronauts.

Green Alliance says the high price of gas means fossil fuel companies should be capturing more of their methane emissions

Scientists are searching through a museum's wheat collection to find the crop of the future.

Egyptologists are still learning about his life and treasures a century after his tomb was opened.

Nearly 100 species of sharks and rays were added to an international treaty which experts say will help control trade of their meat and fins.

Flowers are experiencing a second bloom this year due to the unseasonable temperatures, experts say.

The "bin chicken" has figured out how to eat one of the few animals locals hate more - cane toads.

The coin bearing the name of Sponsian was considered apocryphal and had been locked away in a museum cupboard.

A British man is one of 17 new recruits to Europe's space agency's astronaut training programme

In December nearly 200 countries will meet in Montreal, Canada to agree a landmark deal to save nature.

A large Adélie penguin population off Antarctica has fallen by 43% over the past decade.

Campaigners say they have found superbugs in rivers and waterways near farms and in livestock waste.

The European Space Agency is considering the 'Solaris Initiative' plan to collect solar energy in orbit and beam electricity back to Earth.

Nasa's Orion capsule sets itself up to sweep past the Moon before entering into a larger orbit.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has crystallised the need for clean, renewable energy in Germany.

Rich nations will pay climate damages, but the final deal does not cut fossil fuels further.

The biggest win on climate since the Paris Agreement in 2015... or the biggest loss?

Nasa research engineer Berhanu Bulcha is working on locating the vital liquid under the lunar surface.

Representatives at COP27 in Egypt have been locked in negotiations for far longer than expected.

A senior official tells the BBC the Artemis missions will lead to astronauts living on the Moon.