Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet

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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Consider a plastic bottle bobbing on the ocean’s surface, thousands of miles from the nearest coastline. To the naked eye, it appears lifeless – just another piece of discarded waste adrift on an endl

Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about