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

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is during a spacewalk on the International Space Station, 28 February 2021. Credit: NASA

Interview What happens to our genes in space?

Artist's illustration of NASA's WMAP mission mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background. Credit: NASA / WMAP Science Team

Astronomy History How WMAP mapped the early Universe

solar system planets

Astronomy explained The Planets

Illustration showing Galileo gazing up at the night sky through his telescope. Credit: Hulton Archive / Stringer / Getty Images

How Galileo changed the way we look at the Universe

Planetary scientist Emily Lakdawalla

Radio Astronomy Podcast Emily Lakdawalla talks Mars exploration

The APPG for Dark Skies is seeking to protect the UK's view of the night sky by legislating in Parliament. Photo by Steve Christo/Corbis via Getty Images

Light pollution law: understanding the APPG for Dark Skies

The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J. Cowart, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

The curious cloud above Mars’s Arsia Mons volcano

Fragments of a rare type of meteorite have been discovered outside a house in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK. Credit: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum

Winchcombe meteorite The story of the Gloucestershire space rock

The Dunhuang Star Chart. Credit: British Library

Astronomy History A guide to China's astronomy

Storms on the Sun Lucie Green webinar BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Webinar Storms on the Sun, with Lucie Green

NASA WMAP mission podcast

Radio Astronomy Podcast 20 years of NASA's WMAP mission

Astronomer Heino Falcke pictured in front of an image of the black hole in galaxy M87.

Interview How we photographed the black hole in M87

Star Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus

Astronomy explained What is the brightest star?

How dwarf galaxy Tucana II is changing our view of the early Universe

A supermoon rising behind a mountain. Credit: Mimi Ditchie Photography / Getty Images

Supermoon What is a supermoon and when do they happen?