Two staff members at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium have had asteroids named after them in recognition of their work. Dr Rok Nežič, a tours and outreach officer, called it a dream come true, while Shane Kelly's asteroid honours decades of weather observation at the observatory.
A giant 420kg pumpkin grown at a Kent garden centre may have benefited from microalgae used in a University of Kent research project. The university plans to trial the algae on three farms growing wheat, beans and spinach.
A rare red rainbow was photographed in County Antrim. Pete Kirk spotted it in Mallusk on a Friday morning and sent the pictures to the BBC. Red rainbows appear when the sun is low, at sunrise or sunset, and are uncommon sights.
Scientists used AI to analyse 98 million bat calls recorded across 310 woodlands in Britain over three years. Some of the country's rarest bats, including the Barbastelle, were found mainly in south-west England.
