The billionaire, the BBC broadcaster and the wallabies of Loch Lomond
Imagine for a moment you are a marsupial. Not just any marsupial. A rednecked wallaby, nestled happily on…
Lancashire news: Bereaved mother issues heartbreaking message as she warns parents of hidden dangers of open water
A bereaved mother has issued a heartbreaking message and a warning to fellow parents over the hidden dangers…
NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts returning to Earth on July 26: Watch it live
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Soyuz MS-28 Undocking – YouTube Watch On A U.S.-Russian crew will return to Earth…
Five places to spot dolphins and whales along Norfolk coast
Although sightings of the marine mammals are classed as rare rather than commonplace, there has been a steady…
Deep inside polar craters on Mercury, sunlight has never once fallen — and NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft confirmed in 2012 that those permanently shadowed floors hold ancient water ice, sitting metres from terrain hot enough to melt lead
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. At its equator in daytime, the surface can reach about…
Four dead stars have been confirmed within 65 light-years of Earth, hidden for decades in the glare of the brighter red dwarfs they orbit
Four white dwarfs, the burned-out cores left when Sun-like stars die, have been directly confirmed for the first…
How does a moon 1.4 billion kilometres from the Sun end up with rivers, rain and lakes, but not a single drop of water in any of them?
I had never noticed how completely I equated weather with water until I began reading about Titan. Rain…
Oldest Mars meteorite reveals Mars lost its water early
View larger. | Closeup of the Teghaza 001 Mars meteorite. A new analysis of this ancient piece of…
Sand battery: Finland’s radical answer to a renewable energy headache
The industrial-scale sand battery in Finland’s Pornainen can cover almost one month of the town’s heating demands in…
Total Solar Eclipse Sets Up Stunning Perseid Meteor Shower Peak
Topline One of the rarest combinations of celestial events in years is now less than three weeks away.…
Is it safe to come to France in wildfire season?
Headlines in France in recent days have been dominated by a series of huge wildfires, with thousands of…
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Here are the final contenders
Four miles from the Eiffel Tower, a photographer captured the full moon’s path over a pink Paris skyline.…