Sam Tonkin

Tonight, stargazers in the UK will have the chance to see the rare and spectacular sight of Uranus from around midnight, potentially even with the naked eye if skies are clear.

Birgitta Evengård, a professor in infectious disease at Umeå University in Sweden, issued the terrifying warning about a possible 'Factor X' virus.

WASP-107b is a Jupiter-sized exoplanet which possesses one of the more bizarre atmospheres ever discovered, according to researchers at the Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven in Holland.

Sky has acknowledged the problem and says it is currently working on a fix. The problem, which has been ongoing for several days, is affecting some but not all viewers across the UK.

The country has ordered evacuations and declared a state of emergency as seismic activity ramps up around the Fagradalsfjall volcano, which is expected to blow in the coming days.

The Leonids are one of the more prolific meteor showers of the year. They can be seen with the naked eye if conditions allow, although it is forecast to be fairly cloudy across Britain tonight.

Cardiff University's Professor Jane Greaves has identified at least two such worlds that might exist in our own Milky Way galaxy, hypothetically orbiting stars 70 and 110 light-years away.

The attacks have become a big problem in southwestern Europe - but animal behaviouralists have no idea why they are on the rise or what is causing the creatures to act this way.

A Ulster University study found that about 10.9 per cent of bereaved Irish people met the criteria for prolonged grief disorder, compared to 15 per cent in the UK.

The research suggests that flooding will be the costliest natural disaster for the UK to deal with - including up to £33.9 billion in the next decade alone.