A gamma ray burst seen last year was so powerful that cosmologists might have to update…
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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,…
Largest quake ever seen on Mars points to surprising seismic activity
Mars is generally thought of as being geologically dead, but a huge marsquake measured by NASA’s…
Stunning photo of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io is our best in decades
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has swooped close to Jupiter’s moon Io, capturing this amazing photo of the…
Seven wonders of the Milky Way: An astronomer’s guide to the galaxy
Join us on an exhilarating tour of the Milky Way’s most spectacular sights – from a…