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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

Professor Michele Dougherty in the lab at Imperial College. Credit: Imperial College. His Majesty The King has approved Professor Michele Dougherty as the new Astronomer Royal. Professor Dougherty will be

Steven Young (right) symbolically hands over Astronomy Now to Stuart Clark. Credit: Neil Monaghan. Dear Astronomy Now community, We have some exciting company news we’d like to share with you…

Omegon 2 x 54 wide-field binoculars Multi-coating and blackened lens edges prevent reflections to ensure a clean untroubled field. Galilean binoculars go all of the way back to, well, the

The extraordinary Ring Nebula (Messier 57), showing off its multilayered form. Image: Bob Fera. Messier 57, more famously known as the Ring Nebula, graces the constellation Lyra as one of

The “Hubble tension” refers to a long-standing discrepancy in measurements of the universe’s expansion rate — specifically, between values calculated from nearby observations (like Cepheid variable stars and Type Ia

The vast, magnificent universe of stars, galaxies, and time itself has an expiration date—and it may come far sooner than once thought. A team of Dutch researchers from Radboud University