Met office unveils supercomputer. The Met Office is celebrating 150 years by unveiling a new supercomputer which they predict will put them at the forefront of weather forecasting. It will allow meteorologists to provide more accurate advice to the government and the public in the face of increasingly extreme weather

Genesis probe heads home to Earth The Genesis probe, which left Earth in 2001 to gather particles blown off the Sun, returns its cargo on Wednesday.  It will eject a capsule that will enter Earth'satmosphere at 40,000km/h (24,000mph) before slowing, with the help of a