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Taxi drivers travel 46,500 miles a year - the equivalent of two London to Sydney round trips

Taxi drivers clock enough miles to circle the earth—twice every year, study find...

Step Count Challenge

Scots walked over one million miles in Step Count Challenge

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

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

The dark skies around Kielder Observatory are ideal for spotting meteors

Perseids promise a powerful meteor display

Katie Charleston, Screen Printing.

Edinburgh Open Workshop joins forces with Earth in Common for charity Makers Ma...

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 partial eclipse above Scotland in 2021. Photo by Michael Gillen.

Partial solar eclipse this evening

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

I’ll never forget what's his name – though I do remember Being John Malkevich

Let’s face it, some of us just don’t have a good memory for faces - Susan Morris...

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

This when you can see the full moon in February

Workers prepare an area at the COP28 UN Climate Summit in Dubai (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

COP28 in UAE? It’s like asking Russia to hold a conference on world peace - Vlad...

Masterchef: The Professionals review: Voiceover makes you forget Gregg

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

This stunning photo of the Northern Lights was taken last night by Eva Krisztina Hunya from South Queensferry, lighting up the sky over the Forth Rail Bridge.

13 stunning photos of the Northern Lights over the city

Edinburgh's Visitor Levy is expected to see tourists charged 4 per cent on the cost of their accommodation

Visitor levy can be transformational but private sector needs to come together a...

We’re in the midst of the greatest show on Earth just now. Referred to by residents as The Festival, Edinburgh’s (many) festivals have evolved into a uniquely successful cultural and economic event.

Donald Anderson

Edinburgh's Visitor Levy is expected to see tourists charged 4 per cent on the cost of their accommodation

Visitor levy can be transformational but private sector needs to come together a...

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

The new pavillion cafe has opened its doors Photo: Jolene Campbell

Old tennis pavilion reopens as cafe after £1m revamp

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

Tens of thousands of people have already fled blazes on the island of Rhodes, with many frightened tourists scrambling to get home (Picture: Spyros Bakalis/AFP/Getty Images)

Dropping green policies may have political consequences - Angus Robertson

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?

Buck Moon July 2023: how to see it in Edinburgh & is it a supermoon?

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?

West Lothian Crematorium is offering a final journey that is truly out of this world – scattering ashes in space. Photo: West Lothian Crematorium

Crematorium offers to scatter ashes into space

The ashes are released in a gentle cascade around 100,000 feet above the earth

Gary Flockhart

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?

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 in Edinburgh

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

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

People land on a beach at Dungeness after being picked up by an RNLI lifeboat (Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Illegal' migration isn't UK's top priority, Mr Sunak – Tommy Sheppard

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

The aurora borealis were visible across parts of Scotland last night – and they could be seen again tonight. Photos: Evelyn S and Lisa Ferguson.

Northern Lights seen across Scotland on Sunday

March 2023 stargazing guide: When is the next supermoon

Sorry for shooting down your balloons (Picture: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

Aliens have landed? All hail our new overlords, I say – Susan Morrison

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