What is the Lyrid Meteor Shower - and will it be visible in London? The meteor shower is expected to be at its peak this evening when Londoners could see up to 100 meteors per hour Evening Standard · Apr 22
I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with methanol In a bar in Bali, Ashley King was given a lethal drink. A day later, she realised she was going blind. She thought all her dreams were over – but the reality proved very different The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2025
Homegrown success story celebrates 70 years with release of a new book Goodwin Aged Care Services was truly a from-the-ground-up community effort. The Canberra Times · May 22, 2024
‘It’s open!’: Nasa finally unlocks canister of dust from 4.6bn-year-old asteroid After months of wrestling with last two of 35 fasteners, scientists were able to remove dust from Bennu to examine The Guardian - US · Jan 21, 2024
UK scientists studying ‘teaspoon-sized’ sample from asteroid Bennu to understand origin of life The unremarkable black dust-like sample from asteroid Bennu could help shed light on some of the biggest questions about how Earth formed The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023
‘It’s amazing’: scientists analyse 4.6bn-year-old dark dust from Bennu asteroid Natural History Museum prepares to study pristine material gathered in Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023
4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on Earth In September Nasa’s Osiris-Rex safely brought samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth. The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023
Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission: asteroid sample plummets towards Earth Capsule will contain some of oldest materials formed in solar system The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2023
American woman leaves Brits baffled as she's mesmerised by 'orange' egg yolks in UK An American woman who recently moved to London has been left very impressed by the golden egg yolks she's been enjoying in the UK, which she says are far better than the yellow ones she's used to in the US Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
Astronomers find a pristine meteorite from the dawn of the Solar System Most meteorites are missing flight data. Not so with the Winchcombe meteorite, whose fireball awed hundreds of people in 2021 and revealed its ancient past. Inverse · Nov 23, 2022
Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in a meteorite that fell to UK from space The Winchcombe meteorite was around 12 per cent water and could offer scientists clues as to where the water on Earth came from, Dr Ashley King told the British Science Festival Daily Mirror · Sep 18, 2022
Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite that fell in UK An expert said analysis has revealed that the meteorite came from an asteroid somewhere near Jupiter Wales Online · Sep 16, 2022
Woman fumes after tattoo disaster leaves her with 'fish gills' on her shoulders Ashley King was hoping to have spider webs tattooed just above their collarbones, but was left disappointed when their tattoo artist completely ruined the design Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2022