Noctilucent clouds on the rise

From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack

The worst time to look at the Moon is when it’s full, right? Not necessarily. It’s true that at full Moon, sunlight hits the surface head-on, flattening the appearance of its rugged landscape of deep

I looked out of the window before bed while on holiday in Orkney in mid-August and was delighted to see my first-ever noctilucent cloud display! The reflections in the still waters of the Bay of Firth

A city of Catholics in the aftermath of nuclear attack

On the morning of Sunday, 3 September 1916, farm bailiff Charles Lewis set out across the fields at Abbott’s Hall near the village of Horsley Cross, in rural Essex, to check on the wheat crop. He took

From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe