Virgin Galactic: Scots-born pilot rockets into space Scotsman Dave Mackay piloted Virgin Galactic's rocket plane to 90km above California's Mojave Desert. Source
Hayabusa 2: Asteroid image shows touchdown marks A new image from Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft reveals a dark splodge where it touched down on the surface of an asteroid last week. Source
Botswana elephant poaching ‘no hoax’ A study confirms one of the last elephant sanctuaries in Africa has "a significant poaching problem". Source