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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

Native species extinction threat as Attenborough films ‘last’ show

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

March 2023 stargazing guide: When is the next supermoon

Stock image of a meteoroid

See footage of small asteroid lighting up sky above English Channel

Near miss: NASA says Earth set for ‘close encounter’ with asteroid

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning in a new direction, accord to scientists.

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning in a new direction

Alireza Akbari’s has been executed in Iran.

British man executed in Iran after being accused of spying for MI6

An image of newly discovered TOI 700 e Earth-sized planet

Nasa finds two new Earth-sized planets in ‘habitable zone’

Full night sky calendar for January 2023

Stargazers stunned as huge meteor hurtles through the sky

Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl will be the first orbital launch from the UK (Photo: Getty Images)

Virgin Orbit Space Launch: UK rocket launching over Atlantic tonight

Dorset was battered by thunderstorms and a band of heavy rain overnight on the weekend.

Rare footage shows thunderbolt hit sea off the English coast

How to safely view the partial solar eclipse in Newcastle

Don't miss your chance to see the annual Orionids meteor shower

Orionids Meteor Shower 2022: When is it and how can you can see it

The most dramatic meteor showers see thousands of shooting stars streak across the night sky every hour.

Draconid meteor shower 2022: how to see it in Newcastle

Things are looking up for stargazers this week as the Draconid meteor shower is set to peak

When does Draconid meteor shower peak and how to watch

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact (Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

NASA DART mission: why was a spacecraft flown into an asteroid

NASA to crash aircraft into asteroid in Earth defence test

Jupiter will reach opposition this week making its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years

How to see Jupiter’s closest approach in Newcastle

UK Autumn Equinox: what is it - when do clocks go back

Yvon Chouinard, owner of Patagonia who has just given away the company to support the enviroment

Patagonia boss donates £3 billion company to fight climate change

Wil Cheung and his photograph (Image: Wil Photography)

Hexham brewery-worker goes viral with stunning Space Station snap

The supermoon will be visible tonight

Tonight’s supermoon -what is the Sturgeon moon and what does it mean?

Supermoons appear bigger and brighter in the sky because they are slightly closer to the Earth (Getty Images)

This is where you can see supermoon tonight in Newcastle

Oceans provide a habitat to more than 200,000 known species and cover over two-thirds of the Earth’s surface

FREE resources to help your family celebrate World Ocean Day

M&S launches fired earth homeware collaboration

Members of the York Astronomical Society prepare to view the annual Perseids meteor shower in the village of Rufforth, near York, in August 2015 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Leonids meteor shower 2021: how to see shooting stars in the UK - and when is th...

Viewing the breathtaking Northern Lights is high up on many people’s to-do list (Photo: Shutterstock)

Northern lights may be visible in Newcastle tonight

Viewing the breathtaking Northern Lights is high up on many people’s to-do list (Photo: Shutterstock)

Northern Lights could be visible from parts of UK due to solar storm - here’s wh...

What could it be? (Image: Shaun Carlson)

Residents spot mysterious rocket flying over Newcastle

Shatner, 90, would be the oldest person to ever be launched into space (Photo: Getty Images)

William Shatner set to fly into space in Jeff Bezos’ civilian flight rocket

Boris Johnson addressed the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly and spoke about the threat of climate change (Getty Images)

Why Boris Johnson said Kermit the Frog was wrong in climate change speech