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Temperatures are set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 16C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

Ethereal beauty captured on film

Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in northeast China’s ice city of Harbin

Feature | The mini making of Arthur Maclean's Mercury

My hunting education was in the mountains. I've hiked miles, climbed rock faces, carried around a 50-pound pack while my bow rested on my shoulders, and glassed vast open public lands. Not infrequently, I find myself in the timbers, among the bears, and routinely walking up to bedded moose. I move…

The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses

From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an exciting year of launches and flybys.

December 2024 will see a rare "black moon," a term for the second new moon in a calendar month.

In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world.

Dozens of communities have been urged to leave or take shelter as an out-of-control bushfire was fuelled further by gusty winds on a day of extreme conditions.

Your guide to viewing the visible planets of the solar system in the night sky of 2025.