Katie Bouman, 29, has earned plaudits for helping develop the algorithm that made the photo possible.

They hope they will help us understand the "strong force" that holds the insides of atoms together.

Nasa's James Webb Telescope may have discovered a molecule thought only to be produced by life.

Stephen Hawking warns over Donald Trump's climate policy in a BBC interview marking his 75th birthday.

The Treasury has taken back £1.6bn that it had allocated to UK involvement in a EU science research programme.

Our science correspondent was inside Westminster Abbey for the famous physicist's memorial service.

The BBC gets an exclusive look at the upgraded machine helping to overhaul our understanding of the Universe.

A new Oxford University study pinpoints for the first time how high- and low-meat diets impact the planet.

The government is urged not to abandon talks to let the UK take part in a €100bn EU research programme.

Our science correspondent was inside Westminster Abbey for the famous physicist's memorial service.

Google DeepMind has used its technology to identify parts of human DNA that might cause diseases.

Scientists announce the detection at Earth of another burst of gravitational waves coming from a black hole merger.

The Royal Society's scheme comes after black scientists tell the BBC they feel unsupported and overlooked.

The elusive substance holds the key to discovering how the Universe was formed.

The "monster" black hole is three million times the size of Earth.

Techniques used to analyse data are producing misleading and often wrong results, critics say.

Sperm counts in men from North America, Europe and Australia halve in less than 40 years, research warns.

Scientists have discovered a new human-like species in a cave in South Africa.

Researchers are set to develop higher yield wheat varieties requiring less water after making a gene map.

The Future Circular Collider could be Europe's £20bn successor to the existing Large Hadron Collider.

Scientists have detected a new particle at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern

Chinese researchers unveil an ancient skull that could belong to a completely new species of human.

Mathematicians have found a strategy that may give players of rock-paper-scissors a winning edge.

Scientists take the massive decision to change the definition of the kilogram.

Michel Roccati tells the BBC he "almost has a normal life" again thanks to an electrical implant.

The scientific data sent back by the New Horizons spacecraft so far indicates that it has one of the most diverse landscapes in the Solar System.

Astronomers discover water in the atmosphere of a "habitable" planet orbiting a distant star.

The BBC gets an exclusive look at the upgraded machine helping to overhaul our understanding of the Universe.

Experts are developing a better knowledge of the brain by studying tissue left over from surgery.

Campaigners accuse the government of telling "bare faced lies" about the effectiveness of badger culls.

Scientists find a sub-atomic particle's mass is at odds with one a theory underpinning modern physics.

The UK has bought the capsule which sent Tim Peake into space and returned him to Earth.

Astronomers hope to learn how its six planets formed and whether any of them are home to life

A new assessment of Britain's research capability concludes it has "serious and longstanding problems".

Experts are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes - possibly in the next few years.

The forthcoming launch of a spacecraft to Mars by India is likely to stoke the fires of a burgeoning Asian space race.

Severe cold a million years ago forced our ancestors from the continent, but they adapted and returned.

Scientists discover a huge, ring-shaped structure in space which questions our ideas of the universe.

The recent flyby of Pluto brought back memories of Nasa at its best. But is the space agency's effort to explore the Solar System with robotic spacecraft in trouble?

Scientists find a sub-atomic particle's mass is at odds with one a theory underpinning modern physics.

An international team of scientists, working on a project in the United States, say they have discovered strong evidence for the existence of a new force of ...

Spectacular images from a new microscope spark a "revolution" in biology

Senior black scientists tell the BBC they believe UK science to be "institutionally racist".

Scientists say they have found "strong evidence" for the existence of a new force of nature.

The history of human evolution has been completely rewritten with the discovery that modern human beings and Neanderthals coexisted in Europe for much longer than previously thought.

The public knew little about this enigmatic man, but now we are gaining a glimpse of the real Neil Armstrong.

The British Beagle 2 spacecraft may have worked for several months on Mars, new analysis suggests.

With researchers set to use the Hubble Space telescope to study a force called dark energy, Pallab Ghosh explains why modern physics is set for its next big revolution in thinking.

Scientists discover a huge, ring-shaped structure in space which questions our ideas of the universe.

Scientists say a new scanning method that can identify tiny tumours could revolutionise medical research.

Leading scientists and businesses have said that cuts to the government's research risks "stalling" efforts to make the UK a science superpower.