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A full Wolf Moon supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor as people gather to watch the first full moon of the year on January 3, 2026 in Glastonbury, England.

What is a Snow Moon? How to see February 2026’s full moon

Tech 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Alamy Live News. 3DDN7HJ Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. 2nd January 2026. UK Weather. The almost full Wolf Moon moon rises up in to the clear evening afternoon from behind St Michael?s Tower on Glastonbury Tor at Glastonbury in Somerset as a large crowd watches. This months full moon is on 3rd January will be a supermoon. Picture Credit: Graham Hunt/Alamy Live News This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

What is a Wolf Moon and how to see 2026's first full moon tomorrow

Tech 3 days ago By Jen Mills

Alamy Live News. 3DDN7HJ Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. 2nd January 2026. UK Weather. The almost full Wolf Moon moon rises up in to the clear evening afternoon from behind St Michael?s Tower on Glastonbury Tor at Glastonbury in Somerset as a large crowd watches. This months full moon is on 3rd January will be a supermoon. Picture Credit: Graham Hunt/Alamy Live News This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

What is a Wolf Moon and how to see 2026's first full moon tomorrow

Tech January 3, 2026 By Jen Mills

A scene from a NASA animation showing two neutron stars colliding. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Metro grab from: http://www.space.com/27872-strange-matter-neutron-stars.html

The universe could end very differently than previously thought

UK December 30, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy

NASA?s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Nov. 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI) https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/3iatlas/2025/12/04/nasas-hubble-space-telescope-revisits-interstellar-comet/

New images of 3I/ATLAS comet 'with a heartbeat' released by Nasa

Tech December 8, 2025 By Jen Mills

set of fireworks on black background with super moon

Everyone will be looking at a Full Beaver this Bonfire Night

Tech November 3, 2025 By Jen Mills

Comet Lemmon C/2023 H2, stars and galaxies in space showing the beauty of space exploration

How to see the 'once in a lifetime double comet' this week

Tech October 20, 2025 By Jen Mills

Comet Lemmon C/2023 H2, stars and galaxies in space showing the beauty of space exploration

You can see a 'rare double comet' this month - here's how

Tech October 19, 2025 By Jen Mills

The green 'meteor' in the sky.

Stargazers spot green ‘meteor’ in Britain's skies

Tech October 8, 2025 By Daisy Outram

These images illustrate how hot gas condenses into solid minerals around the baby star HOPS-315. The image to the left??was taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner. Two insets show artist???s impressions of molecules of silicon monoxide condensing into solid silicates.

Astronomers just casually witnessed the birth of a new solar system

Tech July 19, 2025 By Ryan Prosser

The Sun viewed on 29 January 2025 in the extreme ultraviolet range by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. A vast 500,000 mile-wide coronal hole has opened in the sun's atmosphere. The area measures over 62 times the diameter of Earth and is now shooting high-speed solar wind toward Earth. When such solar activity is directed at Earth, the resulting geomagnetic storms can potentially disrupt satellite operations, power grids, navigation systems, and radio communications. There may also be spectacular displays of aurora caused as the Earth's magnetosphere is disturbed by the solar wind. According to spaceweather.com, this wind is estimated to hit Earth by Friday (31 Jan), resulting in G1 geomagnetic storm conditions.

Massive solar storm could cause blackouts in one-two punch from the sun

UK April 17, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are seen at the Angel of the North in Gateshead, Britain, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Lee Smith

Northern Lights dazzle with spectacular display above UK - can we see them tonight?

UK April 16, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Alamy Live News. 3AK4WGJ Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. 11th April 2025. UK Weather. A paramotor flies in front of the almost full Pink moon as it rises up from behind St Michael?s Tower on Glastonbury Tor in Somerset as a crowd of people gather on top of the hill to watch. Picture Credit: Graham Hunt/Alamy Live News This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

How to see the pink moon and blue giant star tonight

Tech April 12, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

The pink supermoon, full moon is almost here, 99% tonight for sunset at Woy Woy, NSW, Australia.

How to see the pink moon and blue giant star this weekend

Tech April 12, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

NASA just captured something incredible on Neptune for the first time Earth - Aurua

Here's how Neptune's aurora could look if it was on Earth

Tech March 27, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Elon Musk's 'rescue mission' for stranded astronauts is called off with minutes to spare

US March 13, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

PITSTONE, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 10: The Aurora Borealis light up the night sky over Pitstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire on October 10, 2024 in Pitstone, United Kingdom. The Aurora Borealis or "Northern Lights" results from geomagnetic storms and can be seen as far south as the UK overnight on the 10th October. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

When and where you could see the Northern Lights in the UK tonight

Tech March 4, 2025 By Danny Rigg

A chilling video shows what might happen if an asteroid hits Earth in 2032, as scientists fear. Discovered in December, Asteroid 2024 YR4 is being closely monitored due to its potential to impact our planet. If the asteroid were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the size of Washington, D.C. The shocking visuals were created by Alvaro Gracia Montoya, who specialises in 3D animation under the name MetaBallStudios. He says: "I don't think it's going to happen, but certainly this kind of news generates a lot of speculation." Online reactions have included: "I guarantee they are already building bunkers underground" and "That won't happen because obviously Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck are going to go up there, drill a hole in the side and nuke it."

Chilling video shows what might happen if asteroid hits Earth in 2032

Tech February 21, 2025 By Luke Alsford

A chilling video shows what might happen if an asteroid hits Earth in 2032, as scientists fear. Discovered in December, Asteroid 2024 YR4 is being closely monitored due to its potential to impact our planet. If the asteroid were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the size of Washington, D.C. The shocking visuals were created by Alvaro Gracia Montoya, who specialises in 3D animation under the name MetaBallStudios. He says: "I don't think it's going to happen, but certainly this kind of news generates a lot of speculation." Online reactions have included: "I guarantee they are already building bunkers underground" and "That won't happen because obviously Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck are going to go up there, drill a hole in the side and nuke it."

Chilling video shows what might happen if asteroid hits Earth in 2032

Tech February 21, 2025 By Luke Alsford

What is a Wolf Moon and how to see 2025's first full moon alongside Mars tonight

Tech January 2, 2026 By Jen Mills