Astronomy news
The latest astronomy and space news, including updates from the professional observatories and spacecraft exploring the cosmos.
Have you seen Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) yet? We've been keeping an eye on it...
Could Comet A3 become another Great Comet, or even simply reach naked-eye brightness? We'll find out in autumn 2024...
Eye On The Sky | Chandra X-ray images reveal the beauty of the cosmos
A set of newly-released images show incredible astronomical phenomena in light invisible to the naked eye.
How amateur astrophotographers captured a little-known dying star called the Spin Nebula
Astrophotographers tracked down and photographed a planetary nebula known as the Spin Nebula in the Gum 14/15 nebula complex.
Astrophotographer captures colourful star trails over Pangong Lake, showing Earth's motion in space
The night sky over Pangong Lake, with colourful star trails that show Earth's rotation as it orbits the Sun.
NASA satellite images India's Luna crater, which studies show is a 6,900-year-old meteorite impact
1.8km-wide crater could be a meteorite impact that occurred 6,900 years ago.
Happy birthday Hubble! Legendary space telescope captures a cosmic cloud known as the Little Dumbbell Nebula
Hubble captured the cosmic outflow of a dying star known as the Little Dumbbell.
Voyager 1 is back in working order after five months of silence
UK astronaut Rosemary Coogan graduates astronaut training, and could soon be bound for the ISS
Astronomers have found the oldest-ever ‘dead’ galaxy, which stopped making stars shortly after the Big Bang
I've been out photographing Comet C/2023 A3, which could be naked-eye come autumn. This is what I found
Stuart Atkinson has braved chilly April nights to capture images of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).
NASA confirms it's sending its Dragonfly drone-like spacecraft to Saturn's moon Titan
Saturn's largest moon is an Earth-like world that likely has conditions suitable for supporting life. A new NASA spacecraft will spend almost three years studying its surface.
Astrophotographer captures Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks' meeting with the Moon, Jupiter and Uranus
A conjunction of Pons-Brooks, the Moon, Jupiter and Uranus.
The Winchcombe meteor was repeatedly torn apart and reformed, according to newly released analysis
Saturn's moon Mimas has an ocean
A newly discovered ocean on Saturn’s moon Mimas could provide a unique place to study the habitability of our Solar System.
There’s something wrong with our understanding of the Universe, and how much it has expanded since the Big Bang
JWST confirms ‘Hubble tension’ isn’t down to observational error.
T Coronae Borealis nova will become a 'new star' in the sky this year, and could be visible to the naked eye
What's the smallest a star can be? Webb has brought astronomers closer to the answer
Astronomers may have found the smallest 'failed star' yet discovered.
Pair of black holes 28 billion times heavier than the Sun are heaviest ever seen
Artist's impression of merging black holes in colliding galaxies. Credit: Draco-Zlat / Getty Images
Telescopes capture supernova explosion that was visible to our ancestors in the night sky in the year 1181
Supernova SN 1181 was visible in the sky 800 years ago.
UK firm captures video of Moon's shadow on Earth during eclipse, plans 24/7 livestream from the Space Station
UK firm Sen has captured the Moon's shadow on Earth using its 4K satellite.
Devil Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks approaches Jupiter over the coming evenings. This is how to see it
Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks could approach naked-eye in March, as it tracks from Andromeda to Pisces.
Want to see the April eclipse from space? NASA and NOAA captured images of the Moon's shadow on Earth
How to see today's April 8 solar eclipse from the UK and Ireland
Going to miss the April solar eclipse in the US? If you're in western UK and Ireland, you'll get to see a partial.