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View Images A supermoon is popularly defined as a full moon that coincides with the lunar orb’s closest approach to Earth. Photograph by VCG, Getty Images Two grand sky-watching spectacles are about to battle it out this week, as the peak of the Geminid meteor shower meets the final supermoon of 2016. In a cosmic coincidence, the superlarge full moon will be flooding the night sky just as the annual shooting star show ramps up to its best performance on the night of December 13. While both sky events on their own would offer stupendous views , the timing means that meteor-watchers will have a challenge on their hands. The term “supermoon” is popularly defined as a full moon that coincides with the lunar orb’s closest approach to Earth, or perigee. You Might Also Like Because the moon’s orbit around Earth is egg-shaped, there are times during its cycle when it is closer or farther from us. And because the size of the moon's orbit varies slightly over time, each month's per...

By Jill Reilly Published: 10:03 BST, 14 February 2013 | Updated: 11:30 BST, 21 July 2014 e-mail View comments As the shops flood with red chocolate hearts and over-sized cards, trying to put a different twist on Valentine's Day can be tricky. Couples spa breaks are always a romantic option but because my boyfriend James had a preconception that they were for 'girls' I wasn't too sure if he would embrace the experience as much as me. But then I stumbled across the perfect present – a luxury spa stay in a treehouse. Retreat in the trees: The 12 treehouses - in the grounds of Chewton Glen - were completed in 2012 It's every boy's childhood fantasy to live in a treehouse – and this was just a five-star adult version, swapping creaky floorboards for underfloor heating. The 12 treehouses - in the grounds of hotel Chewton Glen - were completed in 2012 and are the only luxury suites of their kind in the UK. The 18th century house is just off the M27 in Hamps...

OUT OF THIS WORLD | What's Up In Space - a weekly look at the biggest news coming down to Earth from space Find Your Forecast Scott Sutherland Meteorologist/Science Writer Thursday, August 10, 2017, 11:37 - The peak of the Perseid meteor shower is brightening our night skies this weekend, but this year, there's some good news and there's some bad news. What and when? First off, the Perseid meteor shower , or simply 'the Perseids', is one of the best meteor showers of the year. Not only does it deliver up to 100 meteors per hour, at least under ideal conditions, but it has the highest number of bright fireball meteors of any meteor shower of the year. A fireball meteor is one that flashes at least as bright as the planet Venus is in our night sky (or enough to be visible despite typical levels of light pollution). The Perseids are caused when Earth passes through a stream of icy, rocky debris left behind by a comet known as 109P/Swift–Tuttle. The meteoroids...