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Eta Aquariids 2026 | See this year's meteor shower
How to see the Eta Aquariids meteor shower this year.
Halley's Comet meteor shower 2026. Top tips for beginners observing the Eta Aquariids
Our top tips for beginners heading out to see an Eta Aquariid meteor
Why are we so obsessed with UFOs? A history of flying saucers and why they continue to fascinate us
A history of UFO sightings and the origins of the flying saucer craze
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Double suns, more worlds: Tatooine-style planets with two sunsets are more common than thought, says brand new study
Planets with two suns are more likely to thrive than planets with only one sun, say astronomers
Light-powered spaceships could get to our nearest star in 20 years. Fiction? Scientists say it could become fact
Could light-powered spacecraft be humanity's saviour?
Total solar eclipse August 2026 – Path map, key locations and timings
How to see this summer's biggest celestial event from Europe, the UK and North America
We're getting a blue Moon in May 2026. Here's how to see the extra full Moon this year
A guide to the May 2026 blue Moon.
Missed the peak? There's still time to see the Lyrid meteor shower, but tonight's your final chance
A beginner's guide to making the best of the Lyrid meteor shower peak
Scientists say dangerous, glass-like Moon dust could be vital for building habitats on the lunar surface
Engineers say dangerous Moon dust could be used for building habitats and other infrastructure on the surface of the Moon
Bonus Content | May 2026
Access this month's Bonus Content
Comet 3I/ATLAS was born in a region of the Galaxy vastly different from our Solar System, billions of years ago
Study shows 3I/ATLAS formed somewhere colder and with lower levels of radiation
Breakthrough in the search for life on Mars. NASA rover finds wealth of organic molecules, some of which have never been detected on the Red Planet
Another step towards confirming whether Mars ever hosted life
The Flower Moon is coming. But this next full Moon isn't the only one we'll get in May 2026
Catch the full Moon in May and you will have seen a 'Flower Moon'.
NASA has already rolled out the rocket for Artemis III. Now we're counting down for the 2027 mission
NASA says the Artemis III rocket core stage left Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, 20 April 2026 for shipment to Kennedy Space Center
Lyrid meteor shower top tips
An astronomer reveals his top tips for seeing a Lyrid
How the Huygens probe landed on Saturn's largest moon Titan and captured video and images of its surface
in 2005, ESA’s probe gave us our first close look at Titan
Facts about Titan, Saturn's largest moon
NASA shuts off another Voyager science instrument to save power. The spacecraft is now 15 billion miles from Earth
NASA shuts off Voyager 1's Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, which has been operating since Voyager 1 launched in 1977
This is the comet everyone wants to see at the moment. One photographer captured it shedding its tail
José J. Chambó captured this image of Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) on 12 April 2026, a week before perihelion.
This asteroid will skim by Earth and be visible with the naked eye. And scientists have calculated whether it will hit us
Asteroid (99942) Apophis will pass by Earth on 13 April 2029 and should be visible in the night sky to the naked eye
See Venus meet the crescent Moon and Uranus this weekend
Beautiful conjunctions of Venus, Uranus, the Moon and the Pleiades
This is the largest 3D map of the Universe ever made
A five-year survey by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has made the largest 3D map of the Universe ever created
What's this strange, dark cloud moving across the surface of Mars? Scientists say it's grown over five decades
A strange dark material is moving across the Red Planet
Astronomy explained | What's a blue Moon?
What is a blue Moon and when is the next one? Find out what the term means and the astronomical definition in our blue Moon guide.
