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The very first direct image of a Sun-like star - TYC 8998-760-1 - with two gas giant planets in orbit around it. The image was captured using the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/Bohn et al.

Gas giant exoplanets imaged orbiting a Sun-like star

Could there be life on exoplanet KOI-456.04? Credit: EnricoAgostoni

Earth-sized exoplanet found hiding around Sun-like star

Binary star system App, imaged by the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/Callingham et al.

How do binary stars survive in star clusters?

The Butterfly Nebula, captured by the HubbIe Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Kastner (RIT)

Eye On The Sky The Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302

Listen to the latest episode of the Radio Astronomy Podcast: The Edge of the Solar System. Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Radio Astronomy Podcast The edge of the Solar System

A view of the Sun captured by ESA's Solar Orbiter, 30 May 2020. Credit: Solar Orbiter/EUI Team (ESA & NASA); CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL

Eye On The Sky ESA's Solar Orbiter first light images released

BBC Sky at Night Magazine Virtual Planetarium, January 2009

15 years of BBC Sky at Night Magazine’s Virtual Planetarium

Jason Durrant, near Beccles, Suffolk, UK, 11 July 2020. Equipment: Sony A7III, Tamron 28-70mm lens, ISO 3200, 5

Gallery Comet NEOWISE blazes across the night sky

Abell 2384, by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V.Parekh, et al. & ESA/XMM-Newton; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT; Optical: DSS

Eye On The Sky Abell 2384: a bridge between galaxy clusters

National Astronomy Week 2020

National Astronomy Week 2020 dates announced

A starling satellite seen in the night sky over Saltburn, UK, 21 April (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Will Starlink satellites affect our view of the night sky?

Jupiter's moon Io is the most active volcanic body in the Solar System. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

Io: a guide to Jupiter’s volcanic moon.

An image of Jupiter captured using 'lucky' imaging. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA MH Wong (UC Berkeley) and team

Eye On The Sky Infrared peers beneath Jupiter's clouds in 'lucky' image

A view of Saturn from above its north pole, made from 36 images obtained on 10 October 2013. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Cornell

A guide to the rings of Saturn

Dr Simona Giacintucci

How astronomers discovered the biggest explosion in the Universe