Space

Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Uranus were set to ‘align’ on Monday 27 March

How to spot the planets from Earth this week after ‘rare’ alignment

The Milky Way will be visible from the UK early on Friday morning. (Credit: Getty Images)

Five planets in rare alignment will be visible from UK skies

Bryn Hargreaves Credit: Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office/ SWNS

Body of former St Helens rugby league star Bryn Hargreaves found in US

The new Barbie dolls which have been added to the Barbie role models collection for 2023. Photo by Mattel.

22 Barbie dolls created to represent pioneering women - the full list

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What are the Northern Lights? Aurora borealis explained

An alignment of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus in 2008 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moon aligns with Jupiter and Venus in rare conjunction

A meteorite trail is seen above a residential apartment block in the city of Chelyabinsk (Photo: -/74.RU/AFP via Getty Images)

Remembering the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor and its impact 10 years on

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Deliver Us Mars is a stunning, Martian sci-fi thriller worth playing

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Green comet visiting night skies for the first time in millennia

Virgin Orbit uses customised jet airliner ‘Cosmic Girl’ to launch its rockets (image: Virgin Orbit)

How Virgin Orbit works - and who owns satellite launch company

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Failed Cornwall rocket launch likely to have burned up upon re-entry

Cosmic Girl, carrying Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, takes off from Spaceport Cornwall (Photo: PA)

First UK space launch fails after suffering ‘anomaly’ during flight

Orville cast at Comic Con (Pic:Getty)

The Orville season 3: UK Disney+ release date of New Horizons and cast

First glimpse of milky way monster black hole Sagittarius A (Pic: EHT Collaboration)

First picture of supermassive black hole in Milky Way

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the solar flare (Photo: NASA)

What is a solar flare? New warning explained - and are they dangerous?

The planets will appear farther apart each day but still relatively close together about 45 minutes before sunrise this week (Photo: STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)

Venus Jupiter conjunction: how to see the rare 2022 planet alignment

Lyrid Meteor Shower over Austrai in April 2021

Lyrid meteor shower 2022 UK: peak time to see shooting stars spectacle

The Comet NEOWISE in the skies above Nevada in 2020 (Photo: DAVID BECKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Is there a comet heading towards earth - how big is C/2014 UN271?

Best outdoor rugs 2022

Outdoor garden rugs: water resistant, large rugs for outdoor use

Yutu 2 is the first rover to land on the far side of the moon, with the Chang’e 4 lander, on January 2019. (Pic: Shutterstock)

Cube on the moon: what has China’s rover Yutu 2 discovered?

Are you going to become a walrus detective? (Photo: Shutterstock)

WWF seeks members of the public to become ‘walrus detectives’

Appliances that will make the most of your limited kitchen space

Appliances that will make the most of your limited kitchen space

Boris Johnson used the catchy tagline to remind people of the importance of adhering to transmission-reducing tactics, but the phrase is out of touch with current government guidelines (Picture: Getty Images)

'Hands, Face, Space' government tagline to be replaced with 'Keep life moving'

2021 Nissan Qashqai

2021 Nissan Qashqai review: trend-setting crossover is back in the game

2021 Vauxhall Mokka

2021 Vauxhall Mokka review: small crossover undergoes huge transformation