Life is full of questions. Why do cats hate water? Can VR trick your brain? Could an asteroid smash Earth out of its orbit? Why do sweaty feet smell of cheese? Wonder no more, beca ...

You won’t find this suit for sale in the shops! Dubbed the Exosuit, this ‘atmospheric diving suit’ was made by Canadian undersea technology specialists Nuytco Research Ltd. I ...

RACE INTO SPACE On 6 February at 3:45pm at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space transport company SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in th ...

Back in 1933, a man called George Spicer and his wife were driving along a road near Loch Ness. Suddenly, a weird animal with a long neck crossed in front of the car… or so the S ...

These bicycles have been abandoned in a disused school playing field in China. The bikes started life as part of a number of shared cycle schemes, to help reduce traffic jams in Ch ...

The Sun is the most important thing in our Solar System. Its gravity keeps the planets in place and its heat and light supports life on Earth. Yet we know little about it. That wil ...

How fast will Parker go? Parker is travelling at 690,000 kilometres per hour – fast enough to whizz around Earth in three and a half minutes. Won’t Parker melt? Parker’s heat ...

CHROMOSPHERE A thin layer that appears as a red flash at the start and end of an eclipse. PHOTOSPHERE The only bit we can usually see from Earth. THE CORONA The Sun’s outer layer ...

Still no letter from Hogwarts? Never mind, while you’re waiting you can build your very own wand, without ever having to make a trip to London to visit Ollivanders. The Harry Pot ...

Do you know how many times a day you use something made from plastic? It starts as soon as you get out of bed in the morning and put on your clothes. You might not have realised it ...