Astronomy news
The latest astronomy and space news, including updates from the professional observatories and spacecraft exploring the cosmos.
Eye On The Sky | Active galaxy jets resemble Star Wars TIE Fighter
This isn't a TIE Fighter, but an active galaxy 500 million lightyears away propelling out jets at nearly the speed of light.
The closest known black hole to Earth is a stone's throw away, just 1,600 lightyears distant
Dormant black hole Gaia BH1 lies only 1,600 lightyears away, making it the closest known black hole to Earth.
NASA Curiosity rover's incredible image showing rays of sunlight passing through a bank of clouds on Mars
The Martian rover has sent back an image of crepuscular rays shining through a bank of clouds on the Red Planet.
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New York, Philadelphia, Boston... Saturn. Astronaut captures lights of northeastern USA from Space Station
Image from space shows lights of NYC, Washington, Philadelphia and Boston, curvature of Earth and the planet Saturn.
Webb detects farthest black hole collision ever seen, looking back to a period shortly after the Big Bang
Webb Telescope's image of galaxy system ZS7 reveals the farthest black hole collision ever seen, just 780 million years after the Big Bang.
Juno images of Jupiter's icy moon Europa suggest a subsurface ocean, wandering icy shell and rupturing plumes
New images of icy moon Europa reveal some intriguing features.
A 'wall of death' on the Moon could help future astronauts prevent muscle and bone deterioration
Could the classic circus stunt be the answer to helping lunar settlers exercise?
Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime caused by cosmic collisions, and provide a new way of observing the Universe
What are gravitational waves, and what can they tell us about the Universe?
Biggest 3D map of the Universe is taking shape, and is already firming up the known expansion rate of the cosmos
Mysterious 'butterfly' in space is largest planet-forming disk ever seen, around a star four times as massive as the Sun
IRAS 23077 is likely the largest planet-forming disk ever seen, and is located about 1,000 lightyears from Earth.
How small can a star be? The smallest known star ever discovered is only slightly bigger than Saturn
The smallest star ever discovered has been found by astronomers in a search that could help us find extraterrestrial life.
A week of rapid solar flares. NASA spacecraft captured bursts on the Sun in the run-up to the aurora display (video)
Beautiful x-ray image shows vent channelling material away from the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy
Staggeringly beautiful image reveals the chaos at the centre of our Galaxy.
Want to see the Northern Lights tonight? Here are 6 ways to successfully predict an aurora display
Top tips an online resources for taking the guesswork out of catching the amazing natural spectacle.
Astronomers compared old Hubble data with new and found new supernovae and black holes in the early Universe
Comparing old Hubble data to today is revealing distant active galaxies.
As solar activity ramps up, NASA releases video of two strong solar flares erupting from the surface of the Sun
Webb discovers evidence of an atmosphere around a rocky super-Earth planet orbiting a Sun-like star
T Coronae Borealis nova could become a 'new star' in the sky any day now, and will be as bright as the North Star
Exploding dark stars could leave scars in the cosmos that would help astronomers detect dark matter
How scientists on Earth fixed the Voyager 1 spacecraft in the outer reaches of the Solar System
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Astrophotographer captures Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, Jupiter and Uranus during the April eclipse
The comet and two planets captured while shooting the April 8 eclipse.
Do you have a video doorbell? This tech company wants your videos of this weekend's meteor shower
Do you have a video doorbell? Your live camera may have captured footage of a meteor shower.