Key facts and stargazing advice on the 2026 Harvest Moon – where its name comes from and how to see it and Saturn in the night sky together.
A quick, bulletin-style news story on McGetchin crater, a newly-formed crater on the surface of the Moon discovered by a NASA scientist.
The Hubble Space Telescope's best images of the planets, moons, comets and other celestial bodies of our Solar System.
Space telescope Euclid discovered 31 quasars from the cosmic dawn, including the earliest ever when the Universe was 5% of its current age.
The newly-discovered giant worlds TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c are the size of Jupiter but have a density lower than candy floss.
Dark stars are candidates for the first stars that formed in the Universe, 200 million years after the Big Bang, and powered ...
McGetchin crater on the Moon is the largest newly-formed crater seen in our Solar System. It was found by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
See all the winning images of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition in 2026 – world's biggest astro imaging ...
When will Earth run out of oxygen? Scientists have determined the most likely cause of the end of life on Earth, and how long we've got.
James Webb Space Telescope's 2023 infrared image of Uranus show the planet's moons and rings, storms and meteorological features.
The Saturnian moon Titan has lakes with remarkably gentle breezes not dissimilar to Earth's. So what would a Titanic Lake District be like?