Inside the sky at night

Space scientist Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is sure there is alien life out there – and she wants a chance to explore it

6 DECEMBER

Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

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PREHISTORIC PLANET: ICE AGE After two Emmy-winning deep dives into the age of dinosaurs, Prehistoric Planet fast-forwards to the frozen wilds of the Ice Age. This five-parter uses the latest scientifi

IT was December 16 in Houston and it was a chilly evening, for Texas. I had a new girlfriend called Molly and I was pretty certain she was the one. We’d been seeing each other for several months, and