Scientists want to return to Venus, so they can try to find out why it morphed from a pleasant planet…
Is there a wormhole hiding at the centre of the Milky Way?
We talk to Dejan Stojkovic, professor of cosmology, about whether the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy might…
This is how Australia could recover from its devastating wildfires
Australia’s bushfires are still burning, with an estimated one billion animals killed, more than six million hectares of land turned…
This Christmas Eve, spot Santa’s sleigh flying through the sky
Delight the kids in your life by showing them the International Space Station – it looks just like Santa delivering…
How to find Andromeda – a spiral galaxy you can see with the naked eye
Amazingly, it is possible to see the spiral arms of Andromeda, our nearest galaxy 2.5 million light years away –…
See the northern lights or aurora borealis: Follow this easy guide
Winter is the best time to see the amazing phenomenon of the polar lights, when solar particles stream into Earth’s…
Seize your chance to spot Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet
Mercury is so tiny and close to the sun it can be tricky to see. But now it’s at its…
Race to Venus
I wrote the cover story for the December 2019 issue of BBC Science Focus magazine. Our planet’s toxic twin has…
See Venus and Jupiter next to each other in the sky this week
Two of the brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, are in conjunction this week, meaning they appear to line up with…
Elon Musk’s satellites are starting to really annoy astronomers
SpaceX has a plan to launch 42,000 Starlink satellites into orbit, but the first 120 are already blocking astronomers’ view…
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