Draft dark skies guidance drawn up for the Highlands
BBC Newsby Steven McKenzie15 Aug 2026
- Published Highland Council has produced draft guidance aimed at reducing light pollution to give stargazers clearer views of the night sky.
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top 71%Solar eclipse in the South West: Pac-man to Shinto myths
BBC Newsby Emily Johns15 Aug 2026
- Published People across the South West gathered to watch a rare solar eclipse on Wednesday evening.
Solar eclipse glasses recycling: What to do with them now
BBC Newsby George Sandeman13 Aug 2026
- Published Millions of us were treated to a stunning spectacle on Wednesday during mainland Europe's first total solar eclipse for more than 25 years.
How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
BBC Newsby Matt McGrath; Esme Stallard29 Jul 2026
Mandy Bourne lives with her 80-year-old mum in a top-floor social housing flat in the West Midlands. Both struggle with health conditions exacerbated by the recent heatwaves.
The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off
BBC Newsby Pallab Ghosh19 Jul 2026
It is four in the morning, and the ward is quiet. A resident doctor has been on her feet for nine hours.
After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain's weather even more extreme?
BBC Newsby Justin Rowlatt14 Jul 2026
Somewhere in the stormy waters off Greenland, a bright yellow robotic probe, known as an Argo float, is sinking silently beneath the waves.
Antarctica's first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawer
BBC Newsby Rebecca Morelle; Alison Francis29 Jun 2026
- Published An unassuming-looking fossil that spent 40 years lying forgotten in a drawer has turned out to be the first dinosaur bone ever found in Antarctica.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
BBC Newsby Alison Francis; Rebecca Morelle17 Jun 2026
- Published Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles (5km) away from the prehistoric monument.
Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero
BBC Newsby Justin Rowlatt15 Apr 2026
"I'm an early adopter of new technology," says Gavin Tait, a 69-year-old from Glasgow, with a hint of pride.
From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa's historic mission to the Moon
BBC Newsby Rebecca Morelle11 Apr 2026
- Published For the last 10 days, four astronauts have been making history, travelling further into space than humans have been before as they voyaged to the Moon and back.
Artemis II: The 40 minutes when the astronauts lose contact with Earth
BBC Newsby Rebecca Morelle; Alison Francis; Kevin Church5 Apr 2026
- Published No-one will have been further from home than the Artemis astronauts. But as the Earth shrinks ever smaller in their rear-view mirror, they've had a constant connection with mission...
Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts
BBC Newsby Pallab Ghosh18 Mar 2026
When the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced in Stockholm in October 2013, the world was watching.