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Orionid meteor shower peaks this week! Don't miss it
Shooting stars are lighting up the skies this month as the Earth moves through the trail of Halley's comet. The Orionid is one of two meteor showers created by the debris left by Comet Halley. See also: Flaming meteor turns sky green in
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'Twin' comets to fly 'remarkably close' to Earth on Monday
Two comets will fly past Earth on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 March in the third closest comet flyby in recorded history. NASA says the comets, 252P/LINEAR and P/2016 BA14, may be twins of sorts and will zip past Earth at a range of about 3.3
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All you need to know about the Leonids meteor shower
The Leonids meteor shower occurs annually in November and this year's display is due to start on Tuesday 17 November in the evening and it will run through into Wednesday morning. Meteor showers happen when Earth's orbit takes us
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Glowing green comet approaches earth
A bright green comet will shoot through the skies over the next two weeks, making its closest approach to earth and providing amateur astronomers with a spectacular opportunity that will not come again for 8,000 years. On a clear dark night,
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Empty shops reach new high of 11.9%
Shop vacancies have surged to a new high of 11.9% as retail failures including Comet and Jessops knock holes in shopping centres. The percentage of empty UK shops in April worsened from 10.9% in January and was the highest rate since the British
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Gift cards that are safe from retailers going bust
HMV, Jessops, Comet, Blockbuster, Game, JJB Sports – the list of retailers that are going bust continues to grow. Many of these stopped taking gift cards either for good or while they struggled with the early stages of going into
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Comet report will not be published
A report into the collapse of high street electrical chain Comet will not be published, Vince Cable has said. MPs heard bosses had "very serious questions to answer" after the company, owned by private investment firm OpCapita, went
