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Artist's impression of the Wixams Railway Station

Wixams' new railway station still on track says council

The first metal component to be 3D printed in space. photo: ESA/NASA

Cranfield experts play major role in significant step for future space travel

Aurora Borealis seen from the International Space Station

Aurora Borealis: Stunning timelapse shows northern lights in space

Eco-friendly subscriptions including Smol, Who Gives A Crap, Purdy & Figg and Wild

Mum's easy eco switches as 'greenagers' want planet-friendly homes

People visit St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay to see the aurora borealis on 10 May 2024 (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Will the Northern Lights appear again this weekend?

The solar eclipse as seen from Dallas, Texas. The phenomenon was first seen in the Mexican resort town of Mazatlan. April 8 2024.

Total solar eclipse 2024: Spectacular footage of rare blackout

Amazing footage of SpaceX's Starship 25 and Super Heavy Booster 9 lift-off and separation

Watch: Incredible lift-off footage before Space-X rocket destroyed

Mrs Vicky Marriott with Bedford School's 'Services to the Mo' Award

Bedford School wins Movember lifetime achievement award

February will see a full moon as well as a new moon.

This when you can see the full moon in February

Tejpaul Bhatia, Chief Revenue Officer at Axiom Space (left) and Dr Paul Bate, Chief Exectuive of the UK Space Agency (Image: UK Space Agency)

UK Space Agency -Axiom deal will see first all-UK space mission

A Draconid meteor near Skekarsbo at the Farnebofjardens national park 150 kilometers north of Stockholm in 2011 (Photo: P-M HEDEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Draconid meteor shower 2023 peaks on 8 October - what to expect Alex Nelson

EastEnders’ Dean Gaffney says he is ‘broken’ as he shares family death

A host of Vevor DIY and electrical appliances have been recalled after putting users at risk of electric shock

Warning as 34 branded DIY items recalled due to risk of fire

Mother of two-year-old who died of brain-eating amoeba pays tribute

The Northern Lights will be visible in parts of the UK tonight

UK stargazers can catch the Northern Lights tonight - here’s how

When is the blue Sturgeon supermoon in August 2023?

July Full Moon 2023: When is the full moon, what does the Buck Moon mean and will it be a supermoon?

When is the Buck Moon in July 2023?

When will it get dark on the longest day of the year?

The Strawberry Moon will take place at 4.41 am on Sunday, June 4. This moon is associated with the season when Native American tribes marked the ripening of ‘June-bearing’ strawberries that were ready for gathering. As a supermoon this will appear on the eastern horizon in orange hues that will present vividly on Saturday evening (June 3).

When is the Strawberry Moon in June 2023?

Bedford Rock Choir with its surprise flash mob

VIDEO: Bedford Rock Choir surprises unsuspecting shoppers

Content creator Summer Reeves loves bottled water and was excited when she found a bargain deal online - 10 Evian water bottles for £3. But all was not as it seemed.

Teen fuming after buying £3 Evian deal only to get doll-sized bottles

The Flower Moon of May 2020 (which was also a ‘supermoon’) rising above the village of Brixworth (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

When is the Flower Moon in May 2023?

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, putting a show on dancing over Loch Glascarnoch, by Garve, in the Highlands

Northern Lights tonight: how to see them

Starship is set to launch today

When is SpaceX Starship launch and how to watch Musk’s spacecraft test

A defunct satellite weighing 660 pounds is expected to crash back to Earth in the early hours of Thursday. Picture by NASA

660-pound old satellite to crash back to Earth

The line-up for two new Eurovision 2023 BBC specials have been confirmed - Credit: Getty, BBC

New Eurovision 2023 shows announced - hosted by Jason Manford and more

Secret Invasion trailer Easter eggs explained

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, putting a show on dancing over Loch Glascarnoch, by Garve, in the Highlands

Northern Lights to be visible from parts of UK tonight

The Northern Lights will be visible from parts of the UK tonight - here’s how to see them

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Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars and the Moon aligned in the night sky earlier this week (Adobe Stock)

Horoscopes: what planets alignment could mean for your star sign

A building-sized asteroid will fly closer to Earth than the moon on Saturday. Astronomers first spotted the space rock on 27 February and have been tracking its potential risk of impacting Earth.

‘Dangerous’ asteroid will come closer to Earth than the moon soon

Native species extinction threat as Attenborough films ‘last’ show

Aurora Borealis, Northern lights. Mumemories - stock.adobe.com

Aurora Borealis: Why 2023 is a good year to see Northern Lights

March 2023 stargazing guide: When is the next supermoon

Stock image of a meteoroid

See footage of small asteroid lighting up sky above English Channel

Near miss: NASA says Earth set for ‘close encounter’ with asteroid

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning in a new direction, accord to scientists.

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning in a new direction

Alireza Akbari’s has been executed in Iran.

British man executed in Iran after being accused of spying for MI6

An image of newly discovered TOI 700 e Earth-sized planet

Nasa finds two new Earth-sized planets in ‘habitable zone’

Full night sky calendar for January 2023

Stargazers stunned as huge meteor hurtles through the sky

Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl will be the first orbital launch from the UK (Photo: Getty Images)

Virgin Orbit Space Launch: UK rocket launching over Atlantic tonight

The skies will be hopefully as clear as this for any celestial events in 2023

Celestial events 2023 - meteor showers, full moons and lunar eclipses

How to watch The Letter: A Message For Our Earth featuring the Pope

Stunning meteor shower captured over King Charles III stately home

You won’t need binoculars to see the Geminids - they can be seen clearly with the naked eye.

Geminid meteor shower 2022 UK: How to see it

The Geminid meteor shower, which can be seen from Earth every year, is set to be visible from the UK this week.

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Alien bugs could be living deep underground on Mars, according to new research. The Red Planet is volcanically active, suggesting the right ingredients for present-day microbial life.

‘Alien bugs’ could be living deep underground on Mars, study finds

The National Secular Society said: “It’s official – we are no longer a Christian country"

Fewer residents of Bedford identify as Christian

Orion sends image of Moon and the Earth to celebrate halfway point

The earth’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, erupts over the weekend

Liat Segal & Dr. Yasmine Meroz's artwork being unveiled on the ISS where microgravity allows the water to stick to the metal frame in large globules

Impossible Object: art and space combine in unique zero gravity work

The cast of Benidorm won Most Popular Comedy Programme award at the NTAs in 2011.

Is Benidorm coming back? Writer teases new series of ITV show

The earth’s population has risen by over one billion in 11 years

UN announces Earth’s population has hit 8 billion

The Sumatran rhino has been battling extinction for nearly a million years, with problems beginning in the last Ice Age.

Sumatran rhino could be saved by ‘creating sperm’ from dead male

The Hubble telescope sits in low-earth orbit (image: Getty Images)

NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures supernova happening in early universe

A red full moon. Image: kmls - stock.adobe.com

Lunar eclipse 2022 - how to watch the Blood Moon