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Light Bridge in the Sky Xiuquan Zhang (China), aged 12. Highly commended, Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Equipment: Canon 5D Mark IV camera, 14mm lens.

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020 See this year's winning images

Archive images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC; Optical: NASA/STScI(M. Meixner)/ESA/NRAO(T.A. Rector); Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Su

Eye On The Sky Chandra X-ray images reveal the beauty of the cosmos

The Milky Way over Scotland

What to take on a Highlands astronomy adventure

Active galaxy TXS 0128. Image credit: Lister, et al.; Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF

Eye On The Sky Active galaxy jets resemble Star Wars TIE Fighter

G286.21+0.17. Image credit ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Y. Cheng et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; NASA/ESA Hubble

Eye On The Sky The chaos of starbirth captured 8,000 lightyears away

A gravitationally lensed view of SPT0418-47, the most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever observed. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rizzo et al.

Astronomers spot most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen

Barred spiral galaxy NGC 4907 and a Milky Way star. Credit ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gregg

Eye On The Sky Nearby star outshines a distant galaxy

SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour successfully splashes down with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, 2 August 2020. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Splashdown for first NASA Commercial Crew flight to ISS

NGC 2899: double-lobed planetary nebula shines in VLT image. Credit: ESO

Eye On The Sky NGC 2899: double-lobed planetary nebula shines in VLT image

The Atlas V carrying the Perseverance rover launches from Cape Canaveral, July 30, 2020. Credit: United Launch Alliance

Mars 2020 NASA's Perseverance rover begins journey to Red Planet

Images of Jupiter's moon Ganymede captured on 26 December 20198 showing infrared mapping of its North Pole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

Eye On The Sky Juno images north pole of Jupiter's moon Ganymede

The very first direct image of a Sun-like star - TYC 8998-760-1 - with two gas giant planets in orbit around it. The image was captured using the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/Bohn et al.

Gas giant exoplanets imaged orbiting a Sun-like star

The Bluedot Festival takes place every year at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire. Credit: Anthony Harvey

Bluedot 2020 goes online for A Weekend in Outer Space

Could there be life on exoplanet KOI-456.04? Credit: EnricoAgostoni

Earth-sized exoplanet found hiding around Sun-like star

The Hope Probe has launched on its mission to Mars. Credit: United Arab Emirates Hope Mars Mission

Emirates launches Hope probe to study Mars