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UFOs in the sky. Credit: KTS Design / Science Photo Library

Why we have nothing to fear from alien races

Þ Patrick on the set of an early The Sky at Night broadcast, his idea now a reality. Credit: BBC

Letters from Patrick Moore: How The Sky at Night TV programme was born

Zodiacal Light Joshua Rhoades, Mason County, Illinois, USA, 7 March 2021. Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR, Irix 15mm lens, Sky-Watcher StarAdventurer

How to see the Zodiacal Light

The most accurate natural colour image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker

Pluto and the planet problem

Patrick Moore with his telescope in his own observatory at home in Sussex. Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images.

The life of Sir Patrick Moore

What to see in the night sky tonight. Credit: Carlos Fernandez / Getty Images

Stargazing What to see in the night sky this month

Silhouette of person photographing the Moon with their smartphone

Astrophotography guides

Photograph the Moon with your smartphone camera

Kieron Vernon, Coventry, UK, 11 July 2020. Equipment: Sony a7III camera, Sigma 24-70mm lens, ISO 800, 20x6”.

Observing guide What comets and asteroids are in the sky tonight?

A conjunction of the moon with Venus and Jupiter, Chanthaburi, Chanthabur, Thailand, 28 November 2019. Credit: Chakarin Wattanamongkol / Getty Images

Observing guide Upcoming conjunctions and how to see them

Relative positions of Venus and Jupiter throughout March at approximately 19:30 UT as seen from the centre of the UK

Observing guide See Venus and Jupiter in the sky throughout March

Colours can be revealed in star trail captures, like those near bright, electric-blue Vega. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to bring out the colours of stars in your night-sky photography

This is a group of galaxies known as Stephan's Quintet, one of the first images to be released by the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope See the latest images

Dominic Reardon captured this image of Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on 25/26 January 2023 from Arnside, Cumbria, UK. Equipment: Nikon D500 camera, Sigma 150-500 f/5-6.3 lens, iOptron Skyguider Pro & William Optics base.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Observe the comet throughout January 2023

Star Diary astronomy podcast. Find out what's in the night sky, March 2021

Star Diary 6 to 12 February

Artist's impression of exoplanet Wolf 1069 b, an Earth-mass world thought to orbit its star in the habitable zone. © NASA/Ames Research Center/Daniel Rutter

Astronomers discover potentially-habitable Earth-mass exoplanet