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How does particle physics intertwine with astrophysics and astronomy? Credit: Xuanyu Han/istock/getty images, SCIEPRO/istock/getty images, KTSDesign/SCIENCEPHOTOLIBRARY/istock/getty images, MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/istock/getty images

How particle physics and astronomy are intertwined

stargazing brings us together

Gazing at the Universe is a treasure that brings us all together

Artist’s impression shows how ULAS J1120+0641, a quasar powered by a black hole with a mass 2 billion times that of the Sun, may have looked. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

Could supermassive black holes be halting star formation?

Lunar Eclipse (28/09/2015) by Scott Phillips, Wales, UK.

Total lunar eclipse See one of the UK's stargazing events of the year on 16 May

Scientists are teaching drones to hunt for meteorites on Earth. Credit: Curtin University

Scientists are teaching drones to hunt for meteorites on Earth

Astronomers have captured the first ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Astronomers reveal first ever image of the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy

An image of our Galaxy’s core with Sagittarius A* at its centre, made from X-ray observations by the Swift Observatory from 2006-13. Credit: NASA/Swift/N. Degenaar

Our Galaxy’s central black hole erupts unpredictably and chaotically

Albedo features on Mars. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Get ready for Mars at opposition in December 2022

Make the most of Mars at opposition in 2020. Find out how to see Mars tonight. Credit:Pete Lawrence

Observing guide How to see Mars in the night sky

Star Bellatrix in Orion

A guide to star Bellatrix

Vega by Jamie Bowring, Devon, UK. Equipment: SW 150p, Canon 30D

A guide to star Vega

star altair

A guide to star Altair

Vega and the surrounding stars through a telescope. Taken with a guided setup, the vista appears sharp, with stars like pins. Credit: Ade Ashford.

A guide to telescope autoguiders

An image of 2MASS J17554042+6551277 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope as part of JWST’s mirror alignment process. Credit: NASA/STScl

James Webb Space Telescope’s tantalising first images

Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the most distant star ever seen. Credit: NASA/ESA/BRIAN WELCH (JHU), DAN COE (STSCI)/NASA/ESA/ALYSSA PAGAN (STSCI)

Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the farthest star ever seen