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Jupiter's belts and zones are what give the gas giant its stripy appearance. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Radio Astronomy Podcast Jupiter Special

An artist's depiction of the Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter

Artist's impression of the UAE Hope Probe at Mars. Credit: UAE Space Agency

How is the UAE Hope Probe exploring Mars?

A star-forming region 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, including star cluster NGC 346. Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Nota (ESA/STScI, STScI/AURA)

What can young stars tell us about the Universe?

Noctilucent clouds photographed by Stuart Atkinson in June 2021 from Kendal, Cumbria, UK.

Noctilucent Clouds The 2021 season so far

Two planets colliding. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook

Radio Astronomy Podcast How collisions shaped our Solar System

Venus, Jupiter, Orion and The Pleiades in twilight by Jarrod Bennett, Saint Gregoire, Provence, France. Equipment: Canon 450D.

Observing Take a twilight tour this July

Professor Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Credit: Maverick Photo Agency

Interview Catherine Heymans, Scotland's Astronomer Royal

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

Astronomy explained What is a supermoon?

Recent explosive volcanic deposit around a fissure of the Cerberus Fossae system. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/The Murray Lab

Mars Are the Red Planet's volcanoes active?

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 activity over cycles 22-24
Credit: David Hathaway, NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center

Radio Astronomy Podcast Will solar activity threaten future space missions?

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