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Dyson sphere. Alien mega structure around a star.

Mysterious objects in space could be proof of alien life

Tech May 15, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

The Drake Stone at Harbottle in Northumberland is a huge 30 feet tall sandstone boulder reputed to have special healing powers

'Awesome' countryside spot crowned best destination for UK stargazing holiday

Travel May 13, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay

Pink Supermoon Lights Up April Skies In The UK

Mystery of Stonehenge could be solved by 'once in a lifetime' event

Tech May 8, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Milky Way Galaxy rising over Welsh rural landscape

2024 is the year for stargazing – here are the best places to see the skies

Travel May 1, 2024 By Polly Humphris

From a NOIRLab press release, for which this image was commissioned: 'Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the Gemini South telescope, operated by NSF's NOIRLab, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Unlike most GRBs, which are caused by exploding massive stars or the chance mergers of neutron stars, astronomers have concluded that this GRB came instead from the collision of stars or stellar remnants in the jam-packed environment surrounding a supermassive black hole at the core of an ancient galaxy.' This image depicts the event taking place on the outskirts of the black hole's accretion disc

Humans will evacuate from Earth within decades, Harvard professor predicts

Tech April 29, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

Full moon

A Pink Moon is about to dazzle the UK

Tech April 11, 2025 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Lyrid Meteor Shower

Your ultimate guide to the Lyrid meteor shower – what it is and how to see it

Tech April 18, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Jellyfish

Forget little green men – aliens could be a very different colour

Tech April 22, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Uranus, artwork

Uranus is a lot more gassy than previously thought

Tech April 12, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

Extrasolar planet. Stone Planet with moon on background nebula.

We may have found a new telltale sign of alien life

Tech May 16, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

Close-up of moon against clear sky at night,Guadix,Granada,Spain

Once upon a time, the Moon literally turned itself inside out

Tech April 8, 2024 By James Gamble

partial solar eclipse uk ireland tweets

UK's 'breathtaking' solar eclipse: If you look really hard, you still can't see it

Tech April 9, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Mysterious lights detected on distant planet

Tech April 5, 2024 By Imogen Howse

Webb telescope detects light from an Earth-like planet

Tech April 1, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Planet Venus.

Life could exist on Venus after all – despite its toxic clouds

Tech March 29, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Mar 29: Here's why that Jaffa Cake/eclipse advert was so very wrong

Here's why the Jaffa cake eclipse advert is so very wrong

Tech April 8, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

Computer artwork of black hole

A black hole has the hiccups – because another one is punching it

Tech March 29, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

President Donald Trump

We almost forgot Donald Trump stared directly at the Sun during a solar eclipse

Tech March 28, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Mind-blowing new image shows off our black hole like never seen before

Tech March 27, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Total solar eclipse, Vicu??a Chile

Warning over fatal side-effect of watching the total solar eclipse

Tech April 4, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi