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Earth hit by gamma rays from an exploding star 2 billion lightyears away
Gamma rays from GRB 221009A caused a disturbance in Earth's ionosphere when they hit our planet and were detected by multiple satellites
Webb Telescope may have uncovered ancient stars powered by dark matter
Dark stars are candidates for the first stars that formed in the Universe, powered by dark matter.
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Saturn's largest moon has enormous lakes and ferocious winds. Sounds like Earth? There's one key difference
The Saturnian moon Titan has lakes with remarkably gentle breezes not dissimilar to Earth's
Astronomers caught a rare burst of light from deep space. But it's only deepened a huge cosmic mystery
Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients are blue in colour and evolve rapidly, reaching peak brightness and fading in a matter of days.
Looking back – Uranus's rings and moons glow in infrared in beautiful Webb Telescope image
James Webb Space Telescope's infrared image of Uranus show the planet's moons and rings, storms and meteorological features.
Scientists have worked out when Earth will run out of oxygen – and it's sooner than we thought
Scientists have determined the most likely cause of the end of life on Earth, and how long we've got
An asteroid has smashed into the Moon, carving a record-breaking crater. NASA's got the pics to prove it
McGetchin crater on the Moon is the largest newly-formed crater seen in our Solar System
Footprint on Mars? A NASA rover has been studying mysterious pits on the Red Planet. Here's what's really going on
The formations are "unlike anything we have seen in the past"
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 | Watch the awards online
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 awards ceremony will be live-streamed this week.
If you stood on Mars, you could see Earth pass in front of the Sun. This is what it would look like
It's possible to see transits of Venus and Mercury from our planet, but could a Martian astronomer see a transit of Earth?
Scientists have found 40,000 asteroids that could hit Earth. But it's just the tip of the iceberg
Scientists discover 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, providing greater insight into the potential threat to Earth from space.
Who really owns the Moon?
How the law is racing to catch up with a new lunar land rush
Gallery | Harvest Moon
What is a Harvest Moon, and and are they really worth the hype?
Venus ate its own moon
Study says that if Venus ever did have a moon, the planet's spin and gravity would cause the moon to be swallowed by it
A scientist looked at 'little red dots' in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn't exist
The mystery of ‘little red dots’ just got deeper, as a galaxy hiding an overmassive black hole hints at a whole population of cosmic Jekyll and Hydes
Scientists make 'spooky' discovery with the Large Hadron Collider – and it sounds like something straight out of science fiction
Physicists confirm quantum entanglement occurs even among some of the heaviest and most fleeting particles ever created
Best smart telescopes
Our guide to every smart telescope we've ever tried and tested
Astronomers detected a strong signal from space lasting seven hours. Now they may have worked out what it was
Astronomers detected a strange signal of data – a 'blast' from space – that lasted for a total of seven hours.
NASA rover captures weird 'spiderwebs' on Mars, giving scientists fresh hope of finding ancient life on the Red Planet
The water needed for sustaining life could have lasted much longer on Mars than thought
The James Webb Space Telescope has found the most distant galaxy ever seen, at the dawn of the cosmos. Again.
Galaxy MoM-z14 traces back to just 280 million years after the Big Bang
Yes, astronomers have captured real photos of alien worlds in deep space. Here are some of the best
Astronomers have captured many direct images of exoplanets, planets orbiting beyond our Solar System. Here are some of the best.
17 amazing photos taken from the International Space Station – lightning looks crazy from orbit!
These extraordinary images from orbit reveal our planet, and the cosmos beyond, from a perspective few humans ever experience
