Britain could buy only half of its target of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets and spend the extra cash on a futuristic plane that will control a swarm of drones. Plans for 138 jets could be scrapped but the UK has agreed to buy 48 by the end of 2025 as part of a £9.1billion … Read more
Richard Branson-owned space firm Virgin Galactic has unveiled the design of the cabin and seats for its SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, that will take the company’s first fee-paying astronauts to the edge of space. Each seat in the six-person cabin has two personal windows for a view of the Earth below and ‘mood lighting’ linked to … Read more
Stag-gering! Incredible images capture July’s ‘buck moon’ — named after the season when young male deer grow their antlers — lighting up the sky above New York Last night was also a penumbral lunar eclipse, with the moon passing into the lightest part of Earth’s shadow This is distinct from a full or partial lunar … Read more
Bizarre ‘mothership’ cloud which looks like a UFO hovers over New Mexico city bringing intense lighting and strong winds A shelf cloud formed over the city of Clovis, New Mexico June 23 A video shows the disk-shape cloud with flashes of lightning coming out of it In the distance there is a clear sky and … Read more
Photographers have captured the stunning March super ‘worm’ moon as it lights up natural landmarks, modern buildings and ancient monuments across the globe. The ‘worm moon’, named that way to represent the beginning of springtime, reached its peak brightness in the sky over the UK at about 17:48 GMT on Monday. It was a ‘spectacularly … Read more
Spectacular pictures show the ‘worm’ supermoon lighting up night skies around the world and it will only get brighter as it reaches its peak TONIGHT The full point of brightness for the March supermoon will be at 5:48pm GMT on March 9 in the evening Supermoon events mark the point when the moon appears bigger … Read more