Science fiction is full of fantastic stories about planets entirely populated by machines, but there is actually one of those in our own cosmic backyard: Mars.
The Red Planet has had robots beeping and bleeping on it for decades – landers and…
We’re kicking off January 2026 and a brand new year of stargazing with a beautiful supermoon that, tonight, will appear close to Jupiter in the evening sky.
Yes, the good news is that this week, we’re about to get the first of three supermoons in…
We’re kicking off January 2026 and a brand new year of stargazing with a beautiful supermoon that, tonight, will appear close to Jupiter in the evening sky.
Yes, the good news is that this week, we’re about to get the first of three supermoons in…
The year 2025 was extraordinary for Lake Eyre (also called Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre) in South Australia. Water started flowing into the often-dry, salty plain at the continent’s lowest point in early May after torrential rains in Queensland
Published 12:00 am Friday, January 2, 2026
Daisies and dandelions are among hundreds of native plant species blooming in the UK, in what scientists have called a “visible signal” of climate breakdown disrupting the natural world.
A Met Office analysis of data from the annual new…
We’re just a day away from the Full Moon, and it’s already starting to light up the night sky. If you look closely, you might catch some of the bigger craters and dark patches on its…