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

Artist's impression of a Sun-like star near a supermassive black hole. Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Where is the nearest black hole to Earth?

Will we ever find life beyond Earth? Credit: Karen Teramura, UH LfA

Will we ever find life beyond Earth?

Listen to an episode of the Radio Astronomy podcast in which NASA's Jamie Bock discusses the SPHEREx mission.

Radio Astronomy Podcast How SPHEREx will track the history of the Universe

Two Herbig-Haro objects can be seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image, catalogued as HH46 and HH47. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Nisini

Eye On The Sky Hubble spots Herbig Haro stellar shockwaves

An artist's impression showing OSIRIS-REx performing a gravity assist around Earth on its way to asteroid Bennu. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

Radio Astronomy Podcast OSIRIS-Rex and the asteroid belt

Artist's impression of an asteroid belt. Credit: Maciej Frolow / Getty Images

Asteroid Belt: what is it and how did it form?

Magnetic field lines on the Whirlpool Galaxy, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and SOFIA Observatory. Credit: NASA/the SOFIA science team/A. Borlaff/NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Eye On The Sky Whirlpool Galaxy's magnetic field lines mapped

Globular cluster NGC 6397, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Concentration of black holes found in ancient star cluster

NASA astronaut Mae Jemison onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in September 1992. Image Credit: NASA

6 women who changed astronomy and spaceflight

Kohnen Station Antarctica

What can Antarctic snow tell us about the Universe?

How to take part in Star Count 2021. Credit: Mitja Kobal / Getty Images

Stargazers wanted for UK lockdown light pollution survey

Triple galaxy merger J1027, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Michigan/A. Foord et al.; Optical: SDSS & NASA/STScI

Eye On The Sky Fate of black holes studied in triple galactic mergers

Does Jupiter's moon Europa glow in the dark? Artist's illustration. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Does Jupiter’s moon Europa glow in the dark?

The Plough / Ursa Major. Credit: Christophe Lehenaff / Getty Images

Mizar and Alcor: the Plough’s famous double star

Views of the Sun as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory

Eye On The Sky Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals solar activity in multiple wavelengths