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Good morning from London, today marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year for the northern hemisphere - the winter solstice. The weather may be a chilly 8C in Wiltshire, but that won’t ...

The third instalment in James Cameron's mega-hit blockbuster franchise is "197 minutes of screensaver graphics, clunky ...

We’ve verified footage from across the Gaza Strip where the Hamas-run government media office says at least 12 people have ...

The aurora borealis can bring stunning night skies, but hidden dangers can accompany the Northern Lights to disrupt life on ...

We’ve been reviewing a video claiming to show a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in the Mediterranean. Click here to watch the footage released by a source in the Ukrainian ...

These quiet breakthroughs can sometimes go unheard amidst the noise of the news cycle. So, from dramatic growth in renewable ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

Academics say the Acorn project in Aberdeenshire is facing difficulties, but the company insists it is viable.

Under the surface of the ocean, "constellations" of towering subsea mountains dot the Earth – and they are teeming with ...

December brings an array of night sky events including a mysterious interstellar comet, the Geminids meteor shower and winter solstice.

A surprising discovery has been unveiled by astronomers as they have categorized the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid.The recent ...