I’m standing in an isolated clearing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 11, 2013, holding an enormous weather balloon. Just as I’m about to let it go, it’s tugging on my arm with ...

PLANS to replace the adventure golf course in Beacon Park have been drawn up. The proposals have been put forward by Lichfield District Council and Microsports. It will see the existing facility ...

A new exhibition which offers a “unique opportunity to get up close to our planet” is coming to Blackburn Cathedral ... 1.8million times smaller than Earth. It uses NASA imagery to create ...

The incident happened in Vicars Close near Lichfield Cathedral School. House fire in Vicars Close near Lichfield Cathedral. Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service stated: "Three appliances were sent ...

Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18). An Electron vehicle carrying the first "Gen-3" satellite for the geospatial ...

These trees are dark green, but in such a high concentration, they look much darker from low Earth orbit, according to the BBC. The dense foliage also lures a variety of seabirds, including ...

THE Birmingham Bach Choir is returning to Lichfield Cathedral for a performance of one of JS Bach’s most popular works. The concert on 5th April will feature Mass In B Minor and star soloists led by ...

Dubbed 2024 YR4, the building-sized space rock reportedly has a 1-in-43 chance of slamming into Earth in 2032 — up from about 1%, the Independent reported. The asteroid was discovered by NASA in ...

“Watching the video footage, we were struck by how round the Earth really is,” said Yamada. The club started the Space Balloon Project in October last year to make the charms of the universe ...

Earth is subject to a constant bombardment of subatomic particles ... Austrian physicist Victor Hess made a historic balloon flight that opened a new window on matter in the universe. As he ascended ...