1+ week, 3+ day ago   (882+ words) It’s not easy to pick out the patterns that the ancient Greeks drew in this maze of obscure stars, Nigel Henbest writes, but there’s one shape you can’t miss With the equinox coming up on 23 September, this month we change…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (432+ words) Lunar surface will take on a strange, red colour – if you can wake up on time The UK is about to see a stunning, strange “blood Moon lunar eclipse” – though it comes with a catch. A lunar eclipse happens when…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (924+ words) Nasa has named its latest flagship space telescope after the American scientist Nancy Grace Roman. Roman’s contributions to astrophysics should have made her famous, yet many people will never have heard of her. For decades, astronomers have been spoiled with…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) Stargazers across North and South America enjoyed the best view of the celestial spectacle The Moon briefly turned a deep, eerie red this morning as the Earth blocked out its light from the Sun in a lunar eclipse. Roughly 96 per…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) Who will be able to see the ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse this week? The Independent Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (340+ words) Stargazers across North and South America enjoyed the best view of the celestial spectacle Stargazers across the Americas enjoyed the best vantage point as Earth’s shadow briefly covered the moon overnight from Thursday 27 August into Friday 28 August. Roughly 96 per cent…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (116+ words) The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters, will become prominent in the eastern autumn sky within the Taurus constellation. - The Orionid meteor shower, created by debris from Halley’s comet, is active and will reach its peak display…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (494+ words) Eclipses occur in pairs because the sun, moon, and Earth align so precisely that one masks the other. The moon is next in line to pull a vanishing act. Having missed out on this month’s total solar eclipse, skywatchers across…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (791+ words) I went to Sitges to recover from a week of partying. Instead, I found myself surrounded by strangers as the world went dark – and discovered that eight seconds can put everything else into perspective, says Gary Nunn I saw a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (265+ words) An influx of thousands of new satellites entering Earth's orbit threatens to severely hamper astronomers' ability to study the universe, research from the European Southern Observatory suggests. "Each of these satellites, when it crosses a telescope's field of view, leaves…...