Artwork: The object may be two so-called 'white dwarves' merging into a smaller denser star Researchers have discovered a huge snowman-shaped star with an atmospheric composition never seen before.

The Snowman, finished the runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British writer. It has gone on to sell ...

Forty years after The Snowman was first broadcast on Channel 4, the story of how Raymond Briggs' classic tale was made and became a festive British institution ...

Since The Snowman first appeared on a Royal Mint 50p ... was inconceivable when it was launched as an upstart player in the ...

the magical tale of a young boy's snowman coming to life was adapted to a short animated film in 1982 which has become a mainstay of British festive TV schedules." The coin enthusiast noted that ...