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How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line up tonight
The moon, Venus (proper) and Jupiter (high) seen from Fechy, Switzerland Alistair Scott / Alamy…
How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line up in the sky
The moon, Venus (proper) and Jupiter (prime) seen from Fechy, Switzerland Alistair Scott / Alamy…
Spring equinox 2023: Why day and night aren’t actually equal in length
The solar units in Manchester, UK, on the spring equinox in 2022 Anthony Devlin/Getty Images…
Galaxies’ missing matter may be found – but now there’s too much of it
The spiral galaxy M99, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Kasliwal…
What is the Venus-Jupiter conjunction and how can you view it?
Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus as seen from the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland Stephen…
Northern lights: The best pictures of the aurora taken across the UK
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, often happen close to the Arctic – however photo…
Welsh island Ynys Enlli becomes Europe’s first Dark Sky Sanctuary
Ynys Enlli, situated 3 kilometres off the coast of Wales and often known as Bardsey…
A weird comet is travelling through space with a dust blob it made
Comet 108P/Ciffreo was noticed in 1985 hurtling via house alongside an odd blob of mud,…
Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form ‘flaming cosmic narwhal’
Six of essentially the most highly effective astronomical observatories have captured a surprising picture of…