Space and astronomy news features the return of the annual Lyrid meteor shower to spring skies this week.

The Lyrid meteor shower, first recorded in 687BC, returns to spring skies this week with meteoroids that were once part of a comet tail discovered in 1861.

A married couple Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire won the 'Oscar of science' for developing Luxturna gene therapy that restores lost vision, helping a patient see their child's face for the first time.

Poet laureate Simon Armitage created 'The Moon and The Zoo' poem in an animation commissioned by the Zoological Society of London to celebrate its 200th anniversary.