4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (742+ words) A review of Scott Solomon's book 'Becoming Martian' and a Q&A with the author Becoming Martian is an inspiring deep dive into how humans might live, thrive and conceive future generations on Mars. But it also explores how those…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (266+ words) Dust-cloud ‘light echoes’ allowed astronomers to pinpoint the distances to our Galaxy’s spiral arms The Milky Ways’s most distant spiral arms may extend significantly farther into space than previously believed, meaning fundamental models of our home Galaxy may need to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (359+ words) How to see the lunar occultation of the Beehive Cluster, M44 in September 2026 The Moon will occult the northern part of the Beehive Cluster, M44, in the constellation of Cancer this month. Although perhaps rather than a lunar occultation, this should be…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (502+ words) Astronomers have found a small, dark object that's so impossible to see, it can only be detected by the way its gravity distorts space. It's the lowest-mass dark object ever found in the Universe, and was discovered by using a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (436+ words) How to see today's blood Moon lunar eclipse If you're out looking at the lunar eclipse this morning – or tonight, depending on where you're observing from – here are some quick tips to help you make the most of it. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (676+ words) See the Sturgeon Moon rise, then follow the Moon across the southern sky as it undergoes a partial lunar eclipse. The 2026 Sturgeon Moon will rise on 28 August, giving moongazers across the world the chance to see a beautiful full Moon…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (580+ words) The discovery of the Low-energy-Kraken-Heracles merger 11.8 billion years ago reveals how our young Galaxy was shaped Our home Galaxy the Milky Way wasn't always been a majestic spiral galaxy containing of hundreds of billions of stars and dark matter. Instead,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1054+ words) A beginner's guide to the Magellanic Clouds and their impending collision with our own Galaxy To stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere, they’ve been familiar naked-eye objects since time immemorial. So what exactly ARE the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds – or…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (263+ words) Dormant black hole Gaia BH1 lies only 1,600 lightyears away, making it the closest known black hole to Earth. The closest black hole to Earth is a stellar mass black hole just 1,600 lightyears away called Gaia BH1. Gaia BH1's discovery was announced in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (799+ words) How to see the August 2026 lunar eclipse from North America The USA and Canada may have largely missed out on the August 12, 2026 solar eclipse (compared to their European neighbours), but are going to be treated instead to a pretty remarkable…...