Spiral galaxy NGC3370 has once again come under the watchful gaze of the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll. The latest ESA/Hubble Picture of the
Spiral galaxy NGC3370 has once again come under the watchful gaze of the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll. The latest ESA/Hubble Picture of the
Engineers have completed the construction of ESA’s Plato spacecraft — the mission designed to search for Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars — marking a major milestone before its final round
by Mark Armstrong On 6 October the shadow of Titan, Saturn’s giant moon, can be seen crossing Saturn’s creamy cloud tops. This shadow transit event starts at 04:18 UT, favouring
by Mark Armstrong There’s a ‘new’ star in the constellation of Centaurus. A nova dramatically appeared on 22 September, discovered by John Seach of Grafton, Australia. Credit: Ernesto Guido, Marco
by Astronomy Now Editor, Stuart Clark We are pleased to announce that our new Astronomy Now app is live! Since taking ownership of the magazine in July, creating an enhanced
An artist’s impression of the Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, depicted at the lower right, is silhouetted as it passes in front of its host star. Scientists call this event a transit.
By Ian Whitely, chair of the Save Herstmonceux Observatory campaign Since the September issue of Astronomy Now went to press, we’ve heard that the lease to the Observatory Science Centre
Get ready for a clash of the titans when Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in our Solar System, come together for a dazzling event visible across the length
August means the Perseids: the annual shooting star spectacular reaches its peak to wow meteor enthusiasts with abundant bright events, writes Astronomy Now’s Night Sky manager Mark Armstrong. The Perseid
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




