2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (365+ words) A newly discovered asteroid will pass Earth at a distance of roughly 90, 000 km (56, 000 miles) tomorrow, in what astronomers describe as one of the closest safe flybys on record. The object, designated 2026 JH2, will make its closest approach on Monday, May 18, 2026, at…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (343+ words) A powerful solar flare could potentially spark northern lights displays over the UK today. This is due to a coronal mass ejection (CME) on May 10 - a large expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun's corona. They can eject…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (272+ words) The formations - scientists call them boxwork - look like enormous webs from space but reveal themselves at ground level as a series of ridges and depressions cutting across the Martian terrain. Each ridge rises roughly one to two metres and the…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (265+ words) A powerful solar flare could potentially spark northern lights displays later this week. This occurred due to a coronal mass ejection (CME) on May 10 - a large expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun's corona. They can eject billions…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (475+ words) Stargazers across the UK will have the chance to witness the Eta Aquariid meteor shower this week as it reaches its peak on Wednesday. A bright gibbous moon on Wednesday is expected to make viewing conditions a bit more tricky,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (202+ words) Flower Moon 2026: 5 things to know as 'micromoon' to rise above UK'Daily Express The Flower Moon reaches its full phase this evening - on Friday, May 1, 2026. For star-gazers in the UK, it is expected to be fully illuminated at 6. 23pm BST. It will…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (286+ words) The night sky is set for a stunning spectacle as May's full "Flower Moon" rises over the UK. Stargazers are being urged to look up on Friday, May 1, when the lunar event reaches its peak. The Flower Moon is the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (380+ words) NASA has confirmed the precise date on which a rare asteroid will shoot past Earth, drawing nearer to our planet than any other celestial body of its magnitude in recorded human history. The asteroid " known as Apophis, which feels like…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (679+ words) The Lyrid meteor shower is one of the oldest known annual meteor displays, and in 2026 it will once again offer UK skywatchers a chance to spot fast, bright streaks of light crossing the night sky. While it is not the…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (259+ words) Senior researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Richard Pin'k, told the Daily Mail: "Imagine you throw a book into a fire. The book is destroyed, but in principle you could reconstruct every word from the smoke, ash, and heat…...