Astronomy News
Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:23pm
NASA astronaut Don Pettit discusses what it's like to see the aurora from the International Space Station
Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:54pm
Hundreds turned out to discover the wonders of the Universe - despite the weather
Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:58pm
Belgian astronomers compile a list of the Sun's most exciting moments
Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:40pm
The latest news from the International Astronomy Show
Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:49pm
The Sky at Night producer remembers what it was like to work with Patrick Moore on making the monthly astronomy programme
Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:03pm
The spacecraft reveals dramatic weather changes on Saturn's largest moon.
Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:38pm
The Astronomer Royal discusses his latest lecture event
Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:55am
The SpaceX entrepreneur speaks at London's Royal Aeronautical Society
Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:54am
The latest news from the International Astronomy Show
Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:20pm
NuSTAR is the first scope capable of capturing images of high-energy X-rays
Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:10pm
Astronomers using a telescope at the La Silla observatory, in Chile, claim to have discovered an approximately one Earth mass planet orbiting the nearby star Alpha Centauri B. The planet, known as Alpha Centauri Bb, speeds around its parent star in 3.2 days and occupies an orbit that is far closer to Alpha Centauri B than Mercury is to our own Sun.
Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:29am
After two month's on Mars, we look at the rover's greatest discoveries so far
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Data from a British high-seas scientific expedition in the 1870s have provided further...
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Supercomputers have helped reveal that galaxies bulk up in mass by feeding off cosmic swirly...
