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A view of Jupiter and its moon Europa captured on 25 August 2020 by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M. H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team.

Eye On The Sky Hubble captures a new view of Jupiter and moon Europa.

Supernova SN2018gv, spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope in galaxy NGC 2525, 70 million lightyears away. Credit: credit ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess and the SH0ES team / Acknowledgment: Mahdi Zamani

Eye On The Sky Hubble views a supernova in a spiral galaxy

Brian May Cosmic Clouds 3-D (c.Denis Pellerin)

Brian May to launch 3D book in live YouTube event

Stargazing outside OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory, Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Dark Sky Park and observatory to open

The misaligned planet-forming discs around triple star system GW Orionis. Credit: ESO/Exeter/Kraus et al., ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Eye On The Sky Mis-aligned rings detected in disc around triple-star system

Scientists have found similarities in the shapes of channels created on Mars (right) and those formed by glacier meltwater in Earth’s Arctic region (left). Credit: Cal-Tech CTX mosaic and MAXAR/Esri

Mars valleys may have been formed by melting glaciers

A view of Venus captured by JAXA's Akatsuki orbiter. © PLANET-C Project Team

Venus Astronomers discover evidence of microbial life in planet's clouds

The Four Planets and the Moon Alice Fock Hang (Reunion), aged 11. Winner, Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Equipment: Nikon D610 camera, 35mm lens.

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Eye On The Sky Four Planets and the Moon wins Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020

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