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Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross joined hundreds of graduates at the ceremony in Glasgow on Friday

They include former PE teacher Jim Mulholland, 84, who was part of the first graduation ceremony in 1975.

Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within that, the metal) of which it is composed must have…

Other lives: BBC TV producer who made Open University arts programming, helping to inspire public interest in art history and architecture

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core onto the ocean floor – potentially providing nourishment…

Amateur astronomers have taken images of Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE as it commenced its journey to the largest planet of the solar system.

Mature student Charlie Brooks pleaded with fans to send her a new brain after falling behind on her study after heading to university as she stepped back from acting

Venus is almost the same size, mass and density as Earth. So it should be generating heat in its interior (by the decay of radioactive elements) at much the same rate as the Earth does. On Earth, one of the main ways in which this heat leaks out is via…

Gina Bridgeland writes: Betty Boothroyd brought humour and natural authority to bear as chancellor of the Open University