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The Perseid meteor shower should be visible across the UK from around sunset on the night of August 12 until the early hours of August 13

Display of celestial fireworks is expected to light up the night skies

Eco-friendly subscriptions including Smol, Who Gives A Crap, Purdy & Figg and Wild

Mum's easy eco switches as 'greenagers' want planet-friendly homes

Mutual enforcement avoids having to have a border infrastructure at either the Irish Sea border or the Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland land border, writes Dr Esmond Birnie

Esmond Birnie: Time has come for mutual enforcement to be tried

People visit St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay to see the aurora borealis on 10 May 2024 (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Will the Northern Lights appear again this weekend?

Letters to editor

Letter: I don’t believe our climatic future can be predicted

Morning View

Editorial: Russia and China make common cause against western democracies

A severe geomagnetic storm has produced an incredible display of "Northern Lights" in Northern Ireland on Friday night. Images from Dunseverick County Antrim. Another light show is possible this evening, Saturday. .Picture Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia

Northern Lights sightings possible again after Friday night light show

Raymond Gleug talks us through the wines he's been sampling this week

Enjoy a tipple with Raymond Gleug

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Travel: Sustainable getaways that won’t cost you the Earth

The July 2 eclipse of 2019, as seen from northern Chile (Getty/AFP)

Today's solar eclipse will be visible in Northern Ireland

The July 2 eclipse of 2019, as seen from northern Chile (Getty/AFP)

Today's solar eclipse will be visible in Northern Ireland

NI Space is set to receive funding following an announcement at Space-Comm Expo that The UK Space Agency has committed to funding six projects to improve infrastructure and encourage collaboration across the UK’s growing space sector. Pictured is Robert Hill NI Space with John Whaley and Rosie Cane, Space Wales and Stuart Catchpole, Space East

NI Space to receive funding for harmful algal blooms and seaweed production

Aurora taken from banks of Lough Neagh by Philip McErlean (with permission)

This is how the Northern Lights glowed last night above Northern Ireland?

Rick Stein in lifejacket on fishing boat

Monday: Rick Stein’s Food Stories (BBC Two, 6.30pm)

February will see a full moon as well as a new moon.

This when you can see the full moon in February

Simon Reeve with a remote Baka community in the Congo

Sunday: Wilderness with Simon Reeve (BBC2, 9pm)

Sunday: Wilderness with Simon Reeve (BBC2, 9pm)

Claire Cartmill

These maps show A) the average temperature across Northern Ireland in 2023, compared with the annual average during the period 1991 to 2020, and B) the total rainfall compared with the annual average during the same period

It's official - 2023 was Northern Ireland's warmest year on record

King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave after attending a Sunday church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk on Sunday December 24, 2023.

King's speech: The full text of King’s Christmas broadcast 2023

Rev Dr Norman Hamilton

Aim to have a truly joyous celebration of the Birth of Christ

Funeral for DUP MLA David Hilditch at Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. Mr Hildtich was a former MLA, twice-serving Mayor of Carrickfergus Borough Council and Director of Carrick Rangers Football Club. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

David Hilditch: Carrickfergus turns out in force to bid farewell to DUP MLA

NASA image of a gamma ray burst

QUB man used space telescope to uncover where most of periodic table comes from

Tejpaul Bhatia, Chief Revenue Officer at Axiom Space (left) and Dr Paul Bate, Chief Exectuive of the UK Space Agency (Image: UK Space Agency)

UK Space Agency -Axiom deal will see first all-UK space mission

Astronaut Tim Peake talks about his new book, Space: The Human Story

Astronaut Tim Peake on the wonder of space

A Draconid meteor near Skekarsbo at the Farnebofjardens national park 150 kilometers north of Stockholm in 2011 (Photo: P-M HEDEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Draconid meteor shower 2023 peaks on 8 October - what to expect

Embargoed to 0001 Wednesday October 4 Artist Kev Largeyoutside the Oh Yeah Music Centre, with his artwork commissioned by Tourism Northern Ireland for One Young World 2023 Belfast Summit. Picture date: Tuesday October 3, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story ULSTER Youth Mural. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Mural showing that 'young people will inherit the Earth' is unveiled in Belfast

EastEnders’ Dean Gaffney says he is ‘broken’ as he shares family death

Among those already struggling is Kian

Sunday: Alone (Channel 4, 9pm)

Sunday: Alone (Channel 4, 9pm)

Claire Cartmill

Chris Packham

Monday: Earth (BBC2, 9pm)

Morning View

Editorial: Uproar at rise in interest rate yet it was long too low

A host of Vevor DIY and electrical appliances have been recalled after putting users at risk of electric shock

Warning as 34 branded DIY items recalled due to risk of fire

Morning View

Editorial: Rory McIlroy shows the patience to get back near the very top of golf

Mother of two-year-old who died of brain-eating amoeba pays tribute

The Northern Lights will be visible in parts of the UK tonight

UK stargazers can catch the Northern Lights tonight - here’s how

Letters to editor

Letter: Extreme heat shows that Earth is unable cope with changes under way

Enjoying the sunshine at Crawfordsburn Country Park on July 17, 2022. By the same date this month Northern Ireland has had 110% of its average July rainfall. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

July washout: NI has already surpassed its average rainfall for month

When is the blue Sturgeon supermoon in August 2023?

July Full Moon 2023: When is the full moon, what does the Buck Moon mean and will it be a supermoon?

When is the Buck Moon in July 2023?

Still of James Cameron from the University of California video

Titanic submersible crisis: Movie director recounts dangers of ultra-deep dive

When will it get dark on the longest day of the year?

The Strawberry Moon will take place at 4.41 am on Sunday, June 4. This moon is associated with the season when Native American tribes marked the ripening of ‘June-bearing’ strawberries that were ready for gathering. As a supermoon this will appear on the eastern horizon in orange hues that will present vividly on Saturday evening (June 3).

When is the Strawberry Moon in June 2023?

Morning View

Editorial: Northern Ireland should watch the debate over housing in England

Content creator Summer Reeves loves bottled water and was excited when she found a bargain deal online - 10 Evian water bottles for £3. But all was not as it seemed.

Teen fuming after buying £3 Evian deal only to get doll-sized bottles

The Flower Moon of May 2020 (which was also a ‘supermoon’) rising above the village of Brixworth (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

When is the Flower Moon in May 2023?

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, putting a show on dancing over Loch Glascarnoch, by Garve, in the Highlands

Northern Lights tonight: how to see them

Noel Hanna was one of those people who worked to secure his dream, including not just multiple ascents of Everest but the far more dangerous ascent of K2

Ben Lowry: A Northern Irish man who climbed Everest, not just dreamed of it

Starship is set to launch today

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

A defunct satellite weighing 660 pounds is expected to crash back to Earth in the early hours of Thursday. Picture by NASA

660-pound old satellite to crash back to Earth

The line-up for two new Eurovision 2023 BBC specials have been confirmed - Credit: Getty, BBC

New Eurovision 2023 shows announced - hosted by Jason Manford and more

Secret Invasion trailer Easter eggs explained

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, putting a show on dancing over Loch Glascarnoch, by Garve, in the Highlands

Northern Lights to be visible from parts of UK tonight

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

Horoscopes: what planets alignment could mean for your star sign

A building-sized asteroid will fly closer to Earth than the moon on Saturday. Astronomers first spotted the space rock on 27 February and have been tracking its potential risk of impacting Earth.

‘Dangerous’ asteroid will come closer to Earth than the moon soon

Two Unit Telescopes VLT by ESO José Francisco Salgado josefrancisco.org

Armagh Observatory and Planetarium take part in world-leading asteroid research

Native species extinction threat as Attenborough films ‘last’ show

Aurora Borealis, Northern lights. Mumemories - stock.adobe.com

Aurora Borealis: Why 2023 is a good year to see Northern Lights