There are many meteor showers throughout the year. Here are the most prominent. For a beginner’s guide on meteors – what they are, where they come from, and how best to observe them – start with our ...
In an age where space exploration often feels reserved for scientists and astronauts, National Geographics The Atlas of Moons seeks to bridge the gap between complex astronomical data and public ...
NASA’s Space Launch System lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 1 April 2026, carrying the Artemis II crew (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA ...
These nine massive, mature galaxies contain many more relatively small stars than previously thought. Credit: Chloe Cheng. The James Webb Space Telescope has already found distant galaxies that seem ...
Total eclipse sequence over the waters of Lac Brome, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, on April 8, 2024. Credit: Alan Dyer On the evening of 12 August 2026, the Moon will pass between Earth ...
A potentially large member of the Kreutz family comets is speeding its way to a perihelion encounter during the first week of April this year. The object was discovered on 13 January 2026. Although ...
A generative AI impression of a circumstellar disc surrounding a free floating planet. Though not bound to any star, these solitary giant planets appear to possess discs similar to the one that formed ...
The vast, magnificent universe of stars, galaxies, and time itself has an expiration date—and it may come far sooner than once thought. A team of Dutch researchers from Radboud University has proposed ...
Professor Michele Dougherty in the lab at Imperial College. Credit: Imperial College. His Majesty The King has approved Professor Michele Dougherty as the new Astronomer Royal. Professor Dougherty ...
The Red Planet in enhanced colour, pictured using data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/G. Michael. Mars is celebrating New Year on 30 September. There are no fireworks, ...
I’m frequently surprised by how many astronomers agonise over the minutiae of their new telescope’s specification, only to use it with basic eyepieces (sometimes called oculars) that they may have ...
The ScopeTech STL-80A Maxi, photographed here on the author’s iOptron CubePro mount, epitomises what a refractor should look like. All images: Steve Ringwood. Although exotic Extra-low Dispersion (ED) ...
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