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Black holes, dark matter, gravitational waves and exoplanets: find out how astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the Universe.
That's no moon. It's a spinning supermassive 'Death Star' black hole shooting powerful beams across the Universe
Death Star black holes are so-called because rotate and firing their beams at different targets, like the Star Wars space station
This ancient star cluster should be filled with black holes from exploding stars. Astronomers just found the first one
oMEGACat BH-2 is a black hole and star binary system located with globular cluster Omega Centauri. This is the story of its discovery.
This is the faintest alien world ever photographed from Earth – and it proves exoplanet science is getting ridiculous
The team say the presence of Beta Pictoris d also helps clear up a mystery surrounding the star system.
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A 4-billion-year-old weather report. NASA rover discovers asteroid impact on Mars rivalling the one that killed the dinosaurs
Perseverance Mars rover finds evidence a 245-foot-thick pile of rock was formed by asteroids smashing into Mars during its early history.
Ancient eclipses – from angry gods to Sun-eating dragons, how our ancestors worshipped and feared the moment the Moon swallowed the Sun
How ancient cultures viewed solar eclipses and how they interpreted them through their own culture and beliefs
Jupiter's strange icy moon has a secret ocean, making it one of the best places to search for life in our Solar System
Facts about Jupiter's icy moon Europa, one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth in our Solar System.
If dark matter is everywhere, why do some galaxies seem to contain none at all?
What does it mean to find a galaxy without dark matter, or with very little of it?
A large amount of the Universe is missing. Scientists think they may have found it
A lot of normal matter in the Universe is missing. Astronomers think they might have found it, and it's been hiding in plain sight all along.
Sweet! Scientists find raspberry sugar in interstellar space for the first time – and it could tell us how life arose on Earth
The discovery could help scientists solve the mystery of how life on Earth got its start.
Neil deGrasse Tyson wants you to be ready for an alien encounter. Here’s how he’d make first contact
Forget Hollywood: aliens should look as different to us as we do to bananas, says
deGrasse Tyson
James Webb Space Telescope reveals a black hole and star formation in a nearby galaxy. Here are 10 reasons why this image is so amazing
A view of galaxy Centaurus A, its stars and supermassive black hole, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
Ever seen the Man in the Moon? You're not alone! Here's what really creates a face on the lunar surface
The science behind the facial features on the Moon's surface
August 12, 2026 solar eclipse – UK guide
How to see the partial solar eclipse over the UK and Ireland on 12 August 2026
This is one hour of satellite trails over the world's darkest sky. Astronomers say nearly 2 million planned satellites could be 'devastating'
Study says existing proposals are going beyond the limit of what astronomy can withstand
You're looking at 60 million stars. The best ever view of our Galaxy's core in visible light could help us discover countless alien worlds
An image of the bulge of the Milky Way Galaxy showing over 60 million stars, as seen by the Euclid space telescope
Scientists discover a new way to destroy a star, unlike anything they’ve ever seen before
Astronomers discover new way of destroying a star. The discovery follows studyies of a powerful blast from space known as a gamma ray burst.
Breakthrough at comet 3I/ATLAS. Scientists say they can pin down what the interstellar comet's birthplace was like
New observations with the Very Large Telescope reveal the secrets of the comet's birthplace
The Milky Way has been forged by collisions with other galaxies. So why does it keep forgetting them?
New research shows how rapidly the Milky Way erases traces of collisions
Multiple universes? Here's why our own Universe doesn't need one to exist (and why they're like invisible dragons)
The idea there are many universes seems to solve our most stubborn cosmic mysteries. But it’s no substitute for hard evidence
Who is Avi Loeb? Trump's lead UFO researcher talks alien life and what would happen if we find we're not alone
Astronomer Avi Loeb gives his thoughts on the prospect of finding signs of intelligent life beyond our Solar System.
Earth could be sitting in the centre of a giant cosmic void, say scientists
For the theory to hold, Earth would need to lie near the centre of a void around a billion lightyears in radius
What Earth looks like from other planets
Views of planet Earth as seen from the other worlds of the Solar System
Ancient texts described a strange object in the sky. Astronomers have just worked out what it was
A 'new star' in an ancient, 12th century poem could be a reference to a supernova that appeared in 1181
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is nearly as old as the Universe itself – is this the final nail in the coffin for the alien conspiracy?
Rather than being an alien craft, 3I/ATLAS likely formed 12 billion years ago at a key moment in the early Universe
