We’ve misunderstood the universe

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

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Flicking through the pages of BBC Sky at Night Magazine each month, you’d be forgiven for thinking astronomers have black holes pinned down. Whether it’s the dramatic imaging of black hole shadows by

Planetary physicist Dr Sheila Kanani on why now is the time to spot shooting stars and a sunlit Saturn

“Something is probably going on that we don’t yet know about.” – Lewis Thomas, MD, dean of Yale’s Medical School and medicine’s poet-philosopher Modern medicine has gotten pretty good at figuring out

A citizen astronomy project known as Kilonova Seekers has discovered an exploding star system in real time. Described as like a game of astronomical ‘spot the difference’, the project invites members