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A local resident reportedly sold footage of a UFO in the area for £20,000 to a Hollywood producer.

Astronaut who took part in America’s first successful manned Apollo space mission in 1968

NASA has issued top tips on how to maximise your chances of spotting the Quadrantids, which are considered one of the best meteor showers of the year

NEO Surveyor will be able to detect individual asteroid heat signatures, allowing it to isolate potentially dangerous asteroids using this novel technique. With the increased focus on planetary defense, NASA has been interested in the mission, which was initially proposed in 2005, for some time.

The light coming from stars beyond the Milky Way is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies – we are even more out there than we thought!

Members of the public will go on a six-day trip around the Moon and back

If you're struggling to sleep, you're not alone. One snooze expert has recommended seven plants that you can keep in your bedroom that can help you drift off more easily

This was an extraordinary year in space.

As well as its outer-worldly sightings, people even bring their hens to the village each year to race one another in the hope of winning a bag of grain and a trophy