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

Supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219, the remains of a star that exploded Small Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Banovetz and D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University)

Eye On The Sky Hubble traces history of supernova remnant

Lights over the city of Granada, Spain. Has lockdown helped reduce light pollution in the city? Credit: Marco Ritzki / Getty Images

Coronavirus Does lockdown mean clearer skies for astronomers?

45 million lightyears from Earth lies NGC 1097, a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Fornax with a beautiful star-bursting nuclear ring surrounding it. This image was captured using the MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope operated by the European Souther Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO/TIMER Survey

Eye On The Sky Ring of star formation around galactic supermassive black hole

The Moon may always keep the same face turned to us, but the terminator makes sure that face keeps changing. Image Credit: iStock

Why does the Moon have phases?

6 beautiful galaxy collisions seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

Eye On The Sky 6 beautiful galaxy collisions seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

When we look at the night sky, how far back in time can we see? Credit: Trevor Williams / Getty Images

When we look at the night sky, how far back in time can we see?

Artist's impression of hypervelocity star HE 0437-5439, which has been booted out of the Milky Way. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

The mystery of the Milky Way’s runaway stars

The Christmas Tree Cluster. This image was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera attached to the 2.2-metre Max-Planck Society/ESO telescope at La Silla Observatory, 2,400m high in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO

Christmas Tree Cluster: NGC 2264 glows a festive red

Great Conjunction Kendall Castle. Credit: Stuart Atkinson

Photographs from the Great Conjunction

Best space astronomy google doodles

The best space and astronomy Google Doodles

A dark storm spotted on Neptune by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Eye On The Sky Strange dark storms spotted on planet Neptune

Artist's impression of the view from a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

How astronomers weighed the Kuiper Belt

BBC Sky at Night Magazine, Radio Astronomy Podcast, January 2021

Radio Astronomy Podcast 2020's spaceflight and astronomy highlights

The three wise men. Credit: Mlenny / Getty Images

Star of Bethlehem: did it really exist?

Brother Guy Consolmagno hosts BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Christmas lecture, 17 December 2020, on the Great Conjunction and the Star of Bethlehem.

Join our virtual lecture Great Conjunction and the Star of Bethlehem