Pupils received their GCSE and A-level exam certificates from Thatcham mayor Suzanne Adamantos who also gave out a vast array of subject and special awards. Trinity School marked its 25-year ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Estimating distances in astronomy is challenging. Think of how hard it is to estimate the distance of someone pointing a flashlight at you on a dark night. Galaxies come in a very wide range of ...

While that federal ban has been in place for decades, John Barentine of Dark Sky Consulting, a member of AAS’s Committee for the Protection of Astronomy and the Space Environment (COMPASSE ...

Venus can be viewed through binoculars during the planetary alignment A planetary alignment, one of the greatest planetary displays in years, will shortly take place. Also known as a planet parade ...

A planetary alignment, one of the greatest planetary displays in years, will shortly take place. Also known as a planet parade, six planets will line up in a row across the night sky from about 21 ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course ...

Cuts to funding for a GCSE course which teaches students road safety have been reversed. Grants to schools to teach a GCSE in Motor Vehicle and Road User Studies were axed in 2023, alongside other ...

But is it one of the best stargazing and astronomy sights of 2025? Here’s the truth about the so-called “planet parade” and when you can see it as its best all this month and during February.

Progress 8 illustrates how much progress pupils make between the end of key stage 2 (Year 6) and the end of key stage 4 (Year 11) by comparing a cohort’s SAT grades with their GCSE ones.