When you look up at the night sky all you see is stars and maybe a distant planet or two, but there’s actually a whole lot of garbage floating around in Earth’s orbit. The space around our planet is ...

The Floating Earth is a 10m model of the earth The art installation will be on Queen’s Valley reservoir for 10 days It is accompanied by a soundscape Artist Luke Jerram used NASA images of the Earth ...

Earth has a new friend — and it’s been waiting for us to notice it for decades. In a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers report the ...

Forecast high winds and heavy rain have led to reduced parking for visiting the Queen’s Valley Reservoir The reservoir is hosting an art installation of a 10m model of the earth until Sunday Those ...

With the imminent arrival of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Royal Albert Dock is set to begin the first of its celebratory events. For three weeks, Floating Earth will shine across the Royal Albert ...

A team of scientists managed to spot an entire population of freely-floating, Earth-sized exoplanets that are sailing through space rather than orbiting a star. By spotting the tiny fluctuations in a ...

Astronomers have spotted something strange and oddly sad: a rogue planet floating freely, without a star. It’s an example of what astronomers call a “rogue planet.” Some are believed to start as ...

The spectacular Floating Earth sculpture is back and looking stunning on calmer waters on Salford Quays - after its temporary closure during the stormy weather over the past few days. Our photographer ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A floating "island" is at large somewhere in the Earth's atmosphere. The 23-foot-wide, ...