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Black holes, dark matter, gravitational waves and exoplanets: find out how astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the Universe.

What happens when a sun-like star meets a black hole

Astronomers discover what happens when a Sun-like star meets a black hole

Artist's impression of a coronal mass ejection. Credit: NNASA/CXC/INAF/Argiroffi, C. et al./S. Wiessinger

Here’s why coronal mass ejections from the Sun are dangerous

A star like our Sun swelling into a red giant and engulfing its orbiting planets. Credit: Stocktrek Images/Tomasz Dabrowski / Getty Images

Could reducing the Sun’s mass stop it destroying Earth in the future?

Waxing crescent Moon Stacey Downton, Longbridge, Birmingham, 5 May 2022 Equipment: Altair Astro GPCAM 290C camera, Altair Astro 8-inch f/5 Newtonian, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount

Our own Moon is helping astronomers unlock the secrets of the early Universe

An image of protostar L1527 at the centre of billowing clouds of cosmic gas and dust, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb Telescope captures infant protostar at the centre of a cosmic hourglass

halley's comet anti-comet umbrellas victorians

Anti-comet umbrellas and other strange Halley’s Comet inventions

A group of SpaceX Starlink satellites in the night sky over Uruguay. Photo by Mariana SUAREZ / AFP via Getty Images

How big a problem are Starlink satellites for astronomers?

Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder

Radio Astronomy Podcast Amazing cosmic facts

ESA Explores podcast host Stephen Ennis pictured with with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. Credit: ESA

Podcasts Bingeworthy space and astronomy shows for self-isolation

Moon Titan appears in front of Saturn in an image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Does Saturn have a missing moon?

Glowing carbon star CW Leonis is an ageing red giant pushing its outer layers out into space. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, T. Ueta, H. Kim

Hubble captures a glowing cosmic orange eye in time for Halloween

Radio astronomy podcast interview Nial Tanvir early universe

Radio Astronomy Podcast Piecing together the history of the Universe

Radio astronomy podcast interview with Leigh Fletcher about James Webb Space Telescope

Radio Astronomy Podcast How the Webb Telescope reveals Solar System secrets

James Webb Space Telescope's image of the Pillars of Creation. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI).

Webb Telescope captures spectacular new image of Pillars of Creation

Spiral galaxy NGC 5495 Hubble Space Telescope, September 26 2022 Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Greene. Acknowledgement: R. Colombari

How astrophotography revolutionised our view of the Universe