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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

An artist's impression of Thuban, an eclipsing binary star. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA)

6-star system discovered in which every star undergoes an eclipse

How to photograph the lunar occultation of Venus. Credit: Pete Lawrence

What is an occultation in astronomy?

What would the night sky look like on Mars? Credit: gorodenkoff / Getty Images

What does the night sky look like on Mars?

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

Has lockdown affected light pollution?

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