Radar astronomy was born. Next up was Venus, a planet shrouded in mystery owing to the featureless dense clouds that surrounded the planet. With space probes to the planet in the pipeline ...

As the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine is approaching, The Global Jigsaw has turned its focus to the territories annexed by Moscow. We are comparing life in Crimea ...

Then, on February 24, there's a breathtaking planetary parade, when Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn line up in the night sky. Mercury and Saturn will appear particularly close during ...

This month, beside the snow moon, the planet Venus will shine at its brightest for the year after sunset, according to NASA. Then Mars and Jupiter will rule the nighttime skyline, with a pop-in ...

Starting with the Moon’s journey across the sky this month, you’ll find the slim crescent of Earth’s natural satellite cozied up to the planet Venus on the 1st. It then visits the Pleiades on the 5th, ...

As puzzlers know full well, the humble jigsaw puzzle is a thing of beauty in multiple ways. Not only are jigsaws an absorbing time sink, but multiple studies have demonstrated they are good for ...

“First thing I do, is I usually do the edge pieces,” Linda explains as she puts in place the first few pieces of her latest jigsaw puzzle. “I'll do a 1,000-piece puzzle in a day,” Linda say ...

The moon will rise in the east-northeast around 5.07pm UK time. As the brightest planet, Venus outshines all other celestial objects (other than the Moon and Sun). This month, she has chosen a ...

On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close together ... viewing conditions were ideal for planet spotting.