The full moon on 28 October will have a red tinge for viewers in the UK,…
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Ice-spewing supervolcano may have been found on Pluto
Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent…
What would it take to make the most inhospitable planet for life?
Most of the planets discovered in the universe so far would be incredibly hostile for life,…
Oddly bright burst may mean space is more transparent than we thought
A gamma ray burst seen last year was so powerful that cosmologists might have to update…
The moon is 40 million years older than we thought it was
A new look at the age of zircon crystals in a lunar rock sample brought back…
Orionids: How to see the Halley’s comet meteor shower this weekend
The Orionids are flashes of light that appear in the sky every year when Earth passes…
How to see the Orionid meteor shower in October and November
The Orionids are flashes of light that appear in the sky every year when Earth passes…
A blast of radio waves hit Earth after travelling for 8 billion years
A huge burst of energy that has been travelling for more than half the age of…
How to spot the constellation Aquila and its deep-sky objects
Use the night sky pattern known as the summer triangle to help you track down Aquila,…
How to see the Orionid meteor shower peak this weekend
The Orionids are one of the most reliably active annual meteor showers, and with clear skies,…