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Waxing crescent Moon Stacey Downton, Longbridge, Birmingham, 5 May 2022 Equipment: Altair Astro GPCAM 290C camera, Altair Astro 8-inch f/5 Newtonian, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount

Our own Moon is helping astronomers unlock the secrets of the early Universe

An image of protostar L1527 at the centre of billowing clouds of cosmic gas and dust, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb Telescope captures infant protostar at the centre of a cosmic hourglass

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Anti-comet umbrellas and other strange Halley’s Comet inventions

A group of SpaceX Starlink satellites in the night sky over Uruguay. Photo by Mariana SUAREZ / AFP via Getty Images

How big a problem are Starlink satellites for astronomers?

Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder

Radio Astronomy Podcast Amazing cosmic facts

ESA Explores podcast host Stephen Ennis pictured with with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. Credit: ESA

Podcasts Bingeworthy space and astronomy shows for self-isolation

Moon Titan appears in front of Saturn in an image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Does Saturn have a missing moon?

Glowing carbon star CW Leonis is an ageing red giant pushing its outer layers out into space. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, T. Ueta, H. Kim

Hubble captures a glowing cosmic orange eye in time for Halloween

Radio astronomy podcast interview Nial Tanvir early universe

Radio Astronomy Podcast Piecing together the history of the Universe

Radio astronomy podcast interview with Leigh Fletcher about James Webb Space Telescope

Radio Astronomy Podcast How the Webb Telescope reveals Solar System secrets

James Webb Space Telescope's image of the Pillars of Creation. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI).

Webb Telescope captures spectacular new image of Pillars of Creation

Spiral galaxy NGC 5495 Hubble Space Telescope, September 26 2022 Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Greene. Acknowledgement: R. Colombari

How astrophotography revolutionised our view of the Universe

Shells of cosmic dust created by the interaction of binary stars appear like tree rings around Wolf-Rayet 140, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL, Caltech

Webb spots shells of cosmic dust emanating from binary star system

Jupiter's moons Europa (left) and Ganymede (right), as seen by the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/King & Fletcher

Jupiter’s largest moons seen in sharpest views captured by an Earth-based telescope

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmic Perspective on Civilisation

Neil deGrasse Tyson