Science journalist David Baron is an umbraphile, an eclipse chaser. He says a solar eclipse is the ultimate experience of awe ...

The event produces some of the year’s fastest meteors, although the nearly full moon may make them challenging to spot.

Although the Leonids are one of the most famous of all the annual meteor displays we certainly would not advertise them as a major shower this year.

My niece rolled her eyes when I told her to "girlboss' it" as she went on work experience. To be fair, I'm not sure any teenage TikToker wants to hear that from their uncool uncle! But as Venus ...