Astronomy news
The latest astronomy and space news, including updates from the professional observatories and spacecraft exploring the cosmos.
How small can a star be? The smallest known star ever discovered is only slightly bigger than Saturn
The smallest star ever discovered has been found by astronomers in a search that could help us find extraterrestrial life.
A week of rapid solar flares. NASA spacecraft captured bursts on the Sun in the run-up to the aurora display (video)
Beautiful x-ray image shows vent channelling material away from the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy
Staggeringly beautiful image reveals the chaos at the centre of our Galaxy.
Want to see the Northern Lights tonight? Here are 6 ways to successfully predict an aurora display
Top tips an online resources for taking the guesswork out of catching the amazing natural spectacle.
Astronomers compared old Hubble data with new and found new supernovae and black holes in the early Universe
Comparing old Hubble data to today is revealing distant active galaxies.
As solar activity ramps up, NASA releases video of two strong solar flares erupting from the surface of the Sun
Webb discovers evidence of an atmosphere around a rocky super-Earth planet orbiting a Sun-like star
T Coronae Borealis nova could become a 'new star' in the sky any day now, and will be as bright as the North Star
Exploding dark stars could leave scars in the cosmos that would help astronomers detect dark matter
How scientists on Earth fixed the Voyager 1 spacecraft in the outer reaches of the Solar System
Star Diary | 13 to 19 May 2024
Astrophotographer captures Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, Jupiter and Uranus during the April eclipse
The comet and two planets captured while shooting the April 8 eclipse.
Do you have a video doorbell? This tech company wants your videos of this weekend's meteor shower
Do you have a video doorbell? Your live camera may have captured footage of a meteor shower.
This hot Jupiter planet is hot enough to forge iron, and Webb has made a weather map of it from 280 lightyears away
Webb Telescope makes a weather map of WASP-43 b
Chandra X-ray Observatory captures 20-year timelapse videos showing evolution of stellar explosions
New videos show the evolution of the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A.
Webb Telescope zooms in on the top of the dark cosmic cloud known as the Horsehead Nebula
A new view of the top of the famous dark nebula.
Astronaut photographs northern Europe at night from the Space Station, capturing a 'cosmic web' of light pollution
Image captures the light pollution of major cities like London, Paris and Amsterdam.
Have you seen Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) yet? We've been keeping an eye on it...
Could Comet A3 become another Great Comet, or even simply reach naked-eye brightness? We'll find out in autumn 2024...
Eye On The Sky | Chandra X-ray images reveal the beauty of the cosmos
A set of newly-released images show incredible astronomical phenomena in light invisible to the naked eye.
How amateur astrophotographers captured a little-known dying star called the Spin Nebula
Astrophotographers tracked down and photographed a planetary nebula known as the Spin Nebula in the Gum 14/15 nebula complex.
Astrophotographer captures colourful star trails over Pangong Lake, showing Earth's motion in space
The night sky over Pangong Lake, with colourful star trails that show Earth's rotation as it orbits the Sun.
NASA satellite images India's Luna crater, which studies show is a 6,900-year-old meteorite impact
1.8km-wide crater could be a meteorite impact that occurred 6,900 years ago.
Happy birthday Hubble! Legendary space telescope captures a cosmic cloud known as the Little Dumbbell Nebula
Hubble captured the cosmic outflow of a dying star known as the Little Dumbbell.