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There are many meteor showers throughout the year. Here are the most prominent. For a beginner’s guide on meteors – what they are, where they come from, and how best

Everything you need to know to get started with observing meteors. Click here for a calendar of events over the year. A Lyrid fireball bursts across the sky during the

Witches, bats, ghosts and serpents – do you dare to visit our spooky gallery this Halloween?! 1. Mysterious clouds, dust and dark nebulae in the constellation Cepheus, captured by Andrea

Don’t miss the chance to see Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it races towards its closest approach of the Sun on 8 November. You might even see it with your

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

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.