Observing

Lyrid meteor seen above Schermbeck, Germany. Credit: Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images

Lyrids 2021 How to see this year's meteor shower

View a double transit of Jupiter with moons Io and Europa on 24 October. Credit: Pete Lawrence.

See Jupiter’s moons cast their shadow on the gas giant

Milky Way. Credit: iStock

Astronomy in Australia: best targets in the night sky Down Under

The best places to stargaze in England. Credit: Alexander W Helin / Getty ImagesStar trails behind a single hawthorn tree in Yorkshire Dales national park.

Best places to stargaze in England

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

Star Diary Podcast

Star Diary Podcast What's in the night sky, April 2021

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

Mercury and Venus appear close from 24-26 May. They’re just over a degree apart on 25 May. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing How to see the planets in April

An image of the Andromeda Galaxy by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

How to see the Andromeda Galaxy

An annular solar eclipse captured from Lubbock, Texas in 2012. Credit: Willoughby Owen / Getty Images

Eclipses 2021 This year's solar and lunar eclipses

A waning crescent Moon captured by Fernando Oliveira de Menezes, 15 November 2017, San Carlos-SP-Brazil.

Observing guide How to observe the Moon

How to see the planets in the night sky March 2021. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide How to see the planets throughout March 2021

Vesta begins March east of the star Chertan (Theta θ Leonis) and tracks northwest, reaching its brightest at opposition on 4 March in the constellation of Leo, the Lion. Credit: BBC Sky at Night Magazine

See asteroid Vesta at opposition in the night sky

Leo constellation. Credit: Credit: CEDIC Team + Hubl Bernard / CCDGuide.com

Deep-sky tour 6 galaxies to spot in the Leo constellation

Mars appears next to the Pleiades, 30 March 2019. Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Observing guide See Mars pass the Pleiades star cluster

6 open clusters to spot in auriga constellation

Deep-sky tour 6 open clusters to spot in Auriga, the Charioteer