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November nights perfect for stargazing

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Autumn excellent for observing night sky

The Milky Way captured from Staindale Lake, Dalby Forest. Photo credit: Astro Dog.

September signals the autumn equinox

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May's conjunction of the waxing crescent moon and Venus captured at Whitby Abbey. Photo credit: Astro Dog.

Night sky has plenty to offer this month

The contents of a Quality Street tin have changed considerably over the years

11 of the most popular lost sweets from chocolate selection boxes

Mars celebrates 90 years in Pet Care with a Tail-Wagging Paw-ty for Batterseas oldest residents

Mars marks 90 years in pet care with Battersea’s oldest residents

Picture of the Aurora Borealis captured from Filey on April 17. picture: Astro Dog

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Aurora Borealis and Milky Way over Langdale.

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Explorer Scouts in Scarborough will soon launch into learning space skills

Seven planets to be visible in night sky for last time until 2040
Seven planets will align in UK skies this week, for the last time until 2040.
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Martin and Roman Kemp get in on the great chocolate debate that's been swirling throughout the nation

Bounty is NOT the nation's most-disliked chocolate, shock study finds

Review: Shoppers go wild over Aldi’s new chocolate spread flavours.

Review: Shoppers go wild over Aldi’s new chocolate spread flavours

Mars has recalled Revels after rubber pieces were found in some packets Picture: Getty Images

Breaking Mars recalls popular sweet because it may contain rubber

Choco-lovers to wade through random tubs for a surprise this Christmas

The Franken Cake.

Tesco unveils a spook-tacular range of great value Halloween goodies

The Dangbei Mars Laser Projector

Watch Netflix day or night on a 15ft screen with this gadget

Nasa rover discovers evidence of life in the Jezero crater on Mars

Starship is set to launch today

When is SpaceX Starship launch and how to watch Musk’s spacecraft test

Official crew portrait for Artemis II, from left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

NASA: the four astronauts taking part in 2024 Moon mission

Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars and the Moon aligned in the night sky earlier this week (Adobe Stock)

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Breaking Five planets set to line up in night sky

Galaxy chocolates will see a huge price hike of 50% - Credit: Adobe

Breaking Major price hike of Galaxy chocolate bars leaves customers furious

Iceland issued the recall on Friday December 30. 2022. (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Iceland issues urgent product recall - food allergy fears

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Alien bugs could be living deep underground on Mars, according to new research. The Red Planet is volcanically active, suggesting the right ingredients for present-day microbial life.

‘Alien bugs’ could be living deep underground on Mars, study finds

Twix and Mars bars cost a lot more than they did in the 90s.

Sweet treats that have soared in price as grocery inflation hits 13.9%
Mars Bars, Freddos and Fruit Salad sweets have all increased in price by up to 400% since the 1990s
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The digestive problems of pigs may have solved a Mars meteorite mystery

Pig vomit potentially solves century old Mars meteorite mystery

A Life on Mars talk is on at Whitby Museum.

Whitby Museum to host talk about Life on Mars

A dark chocolate version of Maltesers will launch later this month (Photo: Mars Wrigley)

Maltesers launches new dark chocolate flavour in low sugar range

‘Healthy’ Mars and Snickers bars launched in bid to overcome new junk food laws

The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2021 (Shutterstock)

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4660 Nereus is set to come within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)

Will an asteroid hit earth in December - and should you be worried?

Strawberry moon 2021: when to see the June supermoon from UK this week - and wha...

Nasa makes history with helicopter flight on Mars - and sends back these incredible images (NASA)

Nasa makes history with helicopter flight on Mars - and sends back these incredi...

This is why Mars is a red colour - and whether life on the planet is possible

(Image: NASA)

Nasa's Perseverance rover has landed on Mars - here's how long it took to get th...

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of the area in front of it using its onboard Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera A. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Watch the moment Nasa's Perseverance rover landed on Mars and sent back its firs...

NASA's Perseverance is due to land on Mars this evening (Getty Images)

NASA's Perseverance rover will soon land on Mars - here's how to watch it live

Elon Musk's latest space shuttle has crash landed - here's what happened

McDonald's reveals its new Christmas menu - including Celebrations McFlurry and ...

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(Image: Shutterstock)

Mars will be shining bright in the night sky this month – here's how to see it

(Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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Uncle Ben’s rice is changing its name due to criticism regarding racial stereotyping. The image used on the packaging is also to be updated (Photo: Shutterstock)

Uncle Ben’s rice is being rebranded - here’s why

(Image: NASA)

Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover is launching this week - here's how to watch the ...

(Image: Shutterstock)

A ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid bigger than London Eye is set to come close t...

The European Space Agency has postponed a trip to Mars because of coronavirus

Lulea University's full size planetary exploration rover prototype, designed to detect gases and map underground spaces

NASA scientists join teams from around the world at Boulby Mine near Whitby

Have you bought any Revels recently? (Photo: Amazon)

Revels chocolates are being recalled - because they could contain shards of meta...

NASA is hiring its next class of astronauts for a mission to the Moon - but ther...

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A new flavour of Maltesers buttons is coming to the UK - here’s everything we kn...

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