Space
Space is deep - and so are UK collections. Explore them here with news, events, reviews and more uncovering everything from space science to the planetariums where you can venture into the farthest reaches of the universe.
Museums at Night 2012: Your guide to this year's Science and Nature events
A run down of the Science and Nature themed events happening during this year's Museums at Night weekend of May 18-20.
Vince Cable helps Centre for Life launch Newcastle ScienceFest 2012
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills praised National Science and Engineering Week and the Centre for Life at the launch of the week-long annual festival.
Action-packed National Science and Engineering Week begins
The annual campaign celebrates science nationwide for the next nine days, including a supermarket campaign aimed at inspiring children to conduct mini-experiments.
Measuring the Universe: Transit of Venus to the Edge of Cosmos at the Royal Observatory
When Venus moves across the sun in June, it will be the last time the planet does so until 2117. Greenwich's Royal Observatory responds with a display and season of events.
Chris Williams takes The art of the Night Sky to the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath
Fine craft, design and astronomy combine in wood and print for a show also inspired by cosmology and physics at Bath's Herschel Museum.
Robin Ince and Usain Bolt on the scene for Cambridge Science Festival 2012 line-up
More than 180 (mostly free) events and a theme of "breaking boundaries" as the hugely popular annual Science Festival in Cambridge prepares to open in March 2012.
"Most important meteorite in 100 years" gives Natural History Museum glimpse of life on Mars
The Natural History Museum has bought the largest meteorite ever to be added to its collection, found in the aftermath of a blaze above the skies of Morocco in 2011.
Entries open for Astronomy Photographer of the Year at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
Following a record number of entries in 2011, organisers anticipate another hotly-contested year in the Observatory's annual competition.
Swansea's National Waterfront Museum invites public to test telescopes for Stargazing Live
Visitors to the National Waterfront Museum will able to see Jupiter and beyond courtesy of a special event held by the Swansea Astronomical Society.
Daleks, martians, statues, Vikings and intoxication: Cambridge Festival of Ideas returns for 2011
Michael Moore can't make it and Tim Minchin and Richard Dawkins have long sold out. But it's the smaller draws at the University of Cambridge's festival which catch the eye.
In Pictures: National Maritime Museum's Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
See the amazing pictures which have proved the category winner's in the Greenwich venue's hotly contested annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
Brighton Digital Festival inspires month of innovation
Brighton's digital festival offers interactive heists, flights to the sun, subsonic submarines and blockbuster films during an innovative month-long programme.
The Culture24/7: Science and Nature Picks for September 2011
Lunar rainbows, signed biscuits from the South Pole, pop-up 1980s hospitals and Dorset beaches transported to the heart of London in our round-up for September.
The Science Museum invites you to spend your summer in space
The Science Museum has launched a new Space Trail and Space Passport to introduce visitors to the many space-related exhibits, galleries and experiences at the museum.
The Culture24/7: Top Science and Nature picks for August 2011
August sees the continuing interest in the life and adventures of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the Science Museum and a weekend for reptile lovers in Portsmouth…
