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The rocket – named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of India’s space programme – is small and has the capacity to carry payloads of up to 350kg, Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana told the BBC. Chandana says today, access to space remains “a major bottleneck, with satellite operators often waiting…
Current trends suggest a chance of more changeable weather during the second half of summer. However, the signals from computer weather models are rather mixed meaning there is a lot of uncertainty. The latest sub-seasonal forecast from DTN – the BBC’s weather data supplier – suggests that areas of low pressure will feature more prominently…
Researchers have found the first atmosphere surrounding an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star. The researchers say that their discovery provides the strongest evidence yet that worlds with conditions similar to Earth could exist beyond our solar system. The gas detected in the atmosphere is helium, which would not…
“Complete extermination is the only way currently that we can preserve our native red squirrel,” he said. “Unfortunately there is no other answer. “As long as the grey squirrel remains it will carry the pox virus which is fatal to our native red.” He said he understood people might think it was a step too…
A monkey that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face – and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo – has been confirmed as a new species to science. The black-furred primate was spotted and photographed hidden away in the high tree canopy of dense tropical forests in Lomami National Park,…
In the southeast of England, “we are seeing the emergence of new warmer climates”, explains Kendon. At the same time areas including Vale of York and Lancashire have similar temperatures now to those seen in Greater London in 1961-1990. “Think of this warming as moving north and uphill,” Kendon explains, highlighting that the UK is…
The first of four juvenile ospreys, hatched as the result of a reintroduction programme in Dorset, has taken flight. Female CJ7 and male 022 laid four eggs in April at a nest site near Wareham for the third year in a row. The birds were the first to take up residence in the area as…
