Rare Blood Moon to appear over UK in weeks before total lunar eclipse this summer – exact time you can see it
THE Moon is set to turn colourful shades of red, pink and even purple over the UK soon, as lunar disk goes through a partial…
Extremely rare perfect Einstein ring is captured around a galaxy 500million light years away by stunned scientists
A POWERFUL telescope floating in space has discovered an extremely rare Einstein ring of light around a nearby galaxy. The Euclid telescope, from the European…
‘Best planet parade in half a century’ visible this week & falls during almighty galaxy season – three tips to see them
STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. "One of the best planet parades in…
Stunning pink lake is one of the world’s DEADLIEST – it hides a mysterious secret that turns animals to ‘stone’
IT is widely regarded as one of the world's most beautiful lakes - owed to its unique reddish pink colour. But tourists must not swim…
Final moments of Pompeii revealed as gas and ash turned locals to glass and 16,000 people were buried across two days
HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments in Pompeii as gas and ash transformed locals into glass.A staggering 16,000 people were…
Moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim
THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim.Experts had believed our…
Behemoth horned dinosaur that roamed Earth 95million years ago discovered after fossils of 10metre beast were destroyed
A GIANT horned dinosaur species has been unearthed - despite the bones' destruction in World War Two. The groundbreaking discovery of the 10-metre-long skeleton was…
Earth’s most terrifying holes from 40,000ft Soviet ‘well to hell’ to Mexico’s mysterious 500ft-wide blue ‘sea sinkhole’
EARTH is littered with terrifyingly deep, wide, and mysterious holes – and some are especially creepy.The Sun has rounded up some majorly scary holes from…
The most daring space missions coming in 2025 – from China’s asteroid retrieval to first private ‘luxury’ space station
THIS year looks set to be another blockbuster year for daring space missions, from China's asteroid retrieval to the first-ever private space station. Here are…
Meet the REAL Father Christmas: Scientists rebuild face of Saint Nicholas after 1,700 years – complete with iconic beard
THE true face of the man that inspired Santa Claus can be seen for the first time in almost 1,700 years, after scientists reconstructed his…
Mystery message carved into statue forged by King Midas is read for FIRST time in 2,600yrs after one-in-a-million photo
A MYSTERIOUS message carved into a statue forged by King Midas has been read for the first time in more than two millennia.A historian managed…
Eerie ‘human face’ found buried in sand on Mars in latest mysterious discovery on Red Planet
WHAT looks like a grisly, sun-scorched human face has been found half-buried in the sand on Mars by Nasa's Perseverance rover. An image taken by…
Two meteor showers to be visible this month – the first starts TONIGHT and you’ll be able to see it
STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month, with two separate meteor showers to be visible in the sky. And the first meteor shower, dubbed…
Nasa reveals shock images of battered Mars rover after ‘worst abuse’ in its search for alien life
A robot on the hunt for signs of alien life on Mars has taken a huge battering, shock new images released by Nasa show.The Curiosity…
Double delight as rare supermoon AND partial lunar eclipse set to grace skies – when and where to see them revealed
STARGAZERS are in for a double delight next week as September's supermoon coincides with a partial lunar eclipse.The rare twin event is set to occur…
Girl, 10, finds 200million-year-old dinosaur footprints while playing on a beach
A GIRL of ten discovered 200million-year-old dinosaur footprints while playing on a beach.The child, named only as Tegan, spotted a series of similar shaped large…
Hidden ocean on Mars found that ‘could cover entire planet with a mile of water’ and ‘should be able to sustain life’
WATER that could cover Mars with a mile-deep ocean has been found beneath the red planet's surface, scientists says.Evidence for an enormous reservoir of liquid…
Boeing scrubs historic Starliner launch to ISS hours before take off as Nasa astronauts forced to stand down over issue
THE launch for Boeing’s spacecraft has been scrubbed just hours before it was bound for the International Space Station with crew members aboard for the…
World’s largest digital camera ‘the size of a car’ built – and it could ‘photograph a golf ball from 15 mile aways’
THE largest digital camera ever built is finally ready – and it's going to create a stunning map of the night sky. Astronomers hope that…
How the moon will look by 2100 with underground ‘hobbit’ homes, a railway network, robots and vertical gardens
HOBBIT-LIKE homes, "Jeep" rovers, robots, and vertical gardens could allow humans to live comfortably on the Moon by 2100, The Sun can reveal. Countries across the world are battling…