The National Space Centre in Leicester is home to the UK’s largest planetarium. Over the past ten years the dome has shown award winning content created in-house by NSC Creative.
In September 2010, Robonaut 2 (R2) will be taken to the ISS by the space shuttle 'Discovery'. Here, it will become the first humanoid robot to work in space.
India's Chandrayaan-1 mission has made an interesting discovery by identifying tunnels below the surface of the Moon.
CSIRO astronomers have revealed the hidden face of an enormous galaxy called Centaurus A, which emits a radio glow covering an area 200 times bigger than the full Moon.
The great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously noted the similarities between advanced technology and magic. This summer on the big screen, the young wizard Harry Potter will once again don his magic invisibility cloak and disappear.
Scientists at the Forensic Science Service have developed a technique to obtain a DNA profile from mixed or poor quality samples which police forces had previously had to disregard as useless.
Not eating your apple a day? Perhaps you should be. Adults who eat apples, apple juice and apple sauce have a significantly reduced risk of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health problems that are linked to numerous chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Surely your bathroom is fungus-free once you’ve wiped the mould off the tiles? Not according to a study by French scientists. They report that almost one in five rooms studied with no visible mould was in fact highly contaminated by fungus which could aggravate conditions such as asthma.
Studies have shown that regularly exercising can significantly cut the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by a third, whilst a lack of physical activity can lead to dementia and depression according to scientists.
An unusual new astronomical observatory has been established on the highest point of the Antarctic Plateau, in a multi-national collaboration including China, the US, UK and Australia.