Watch: Stunning celestial events that lit up the skies in 2025

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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Watch: Stunning celestial events that lit up the skies in 2025

From meteor showers to supermoons, here are some of the sights that wowed stargazers this year.

From meteor showers to supermoons, many stunning celestial events have been captured on camera over the past year. Here are some of the moments that wowed stargazers around the world in 2025. ShareSaveZoo celebrates arrival of Haggis the pygmy hippoScience & EnvironmentFlood alerts as Storm Benjamin hits South EastScience & EnvironmentWatch: Weather forecast as Storm Benjamin hits England and WalesThe Met Office has issued yellow severe weather warnings for both wind and rain. 'Nature should run through a city the same way that water does'Baroness Kathy Willis talks about the importance of green and blue spaces in cities. Inside the lab analysing the world's oldest iceStudying samples from the ice sheet gives an environmental record of over a million years. Watch: Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animalsThe animal rights activist has died aged 91, after a pioneering career studying chimps. Water voles reintroduced to River WeyScience & EnvironmentIs Trump right about wind power and UK energy bills?President Trump has suggested this week that wind power is the reason for rising energy bills in the UK. BBC Verify's Ben Chu takes a look at the data. Watch: London Zoo's capybaras and tortoises on weigh-in dayLondon Zoo in Regent's Park holds its annual animal weigh-in, with zookeepers weighing and measuring over 10,000 animals to monitor their health and wellbeing. The Donegal man shearing sheep all over the worldScience & EnvironmentWatch: Meteor shower seen in skies above UKThe astronomical event was captured on camera at North York Moors National Park on 13 August. Storm Floris to bring 'unseasonably strong gusty' winds to UKStorm Floris to bring 'unseasonably strong gusty' wind to UK Triceratops' secret weapon in fight with T. rexScience & EnvironmentCould this faraway world be home to life?Researchers studying planet K2-18b's atmosphere have detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms. Katy Perry kisses the ground as Blue Origin crew return to landThe all-female crew are back on Earth after reaching space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket. Watch: Moment Blue Origin flight with all-female crew blasts offThe six women, including pop star Katy Perry, took off from Texas on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket. 'A lot of panic': Tourists caught up in Bangkok earthquakePeople in nearby Bangkok have reacted after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar. Strong tremors were felt in Thailand as well as parts of China. Strange spiral seen in the sky - BBC explains what it wasOn Monday, stargazers may have noticed an unusual sight in the sky above the UK. First beavers from Scotland released in EnglandBeavers captured from Scotland are released into the wild in England for the first time. Watch: Rare planetary parade caught on camera by our expert stargazersThree astronomers tell the BBC what planets are on display in the sky above the UK this week.

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