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NASA’s Fermi five-year view of the gamma-ray sky shows an excess of radiation coming from the centre of out Galaxy (centre of the image). Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration Astronomers may

NASA’s Space Launch System lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 1 April 2026, carrying the Artemis II crew (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch

An artist’s impression of a planet so close it to its star that it completes an orbit in 10.5 hours. Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Schaller (for STScI). An artificial

Strange X-rays from the naked eye star gamma-Cas have been confirmed to come from matter falling onto a hidden white dwarf companion, resolving a fifty-year astronomical mystery. Gamma-Cas, the central

An artist’s impression of lava world L 98-59 d in orbit around its parent star. The interior of the planet could possess a vast magma ocean. Credit: Mark A. Garlick.

By Mark Armstrong A total lunar eclipse is centred on the mid-Pacific 3 March, visible to observers in New Zealand and sweeping eastern Australia and western USA, with a large

…And now the weather… “And now the weather” appears every month in Astronomy Now magazine. Enjoy this free sampler from the February issue ahead of Valentine’s Day. The outer Solar System

Get ready for a month packed full of thrilling Moon-related events! From occultations of stars and planets, and even an eclipse, the Moon has some treats in store for astronomers

We were profoundly saddened to be informed of Dr Allan Chapman’s passing last week. A few months shy of his 80th birthday, Allan was a towering intellect in the field

by Neil Norman A potentially large member of the Kreutz family comets is speeding its way to a perihelion encounter during the first week of April this year. The object