The competition was held ahead of the Dark Skies Festival held by the national park, which is one of 22 International Dark Sky Reserves in the world.

According to BBC Sky at Night Magazine, it is all a matter of perspective and how we see objects in the night sky from Earth.

We asked an astronomer what you can see from London in the night sky this month – and one of them is incredibly rare.

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "winter walks". Here is a selection of the photographs we ...

Starlings are entertaining visitors to our gardens in the spring and summer and were ranked as number three nationally in the ...

Due to the rising costs of eggs, popular chain restaurants across the country like Waffle House has tacked on a 50 cent ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

Alan Hollinghurst has a well-earned reputation as one of the great stylistic writers of our time. If this praise sounds overly exuberant, consider the beguiling opening paragraph from a prior novel, ...

That said, finding a dark-sky area on a clear night towards the end of February will give you the best chance of spotting ...

The countdown to the romantic holiday continues, and astronomers are eagerly anticipating Venus, the planet named after the ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and climbs up past Saturn. In the dusk glow, you may be ...