A new star in the northern crown

Sometime in the next year or so, if predictions are to believed, you’re going to be hearing a lot about a famous star. T Coronae Borealis, or T CrB for short, was the first well-observed nova, blossom

Astrologer Wendy Bristow’s predictions for the month of November

Thursday 2 Dwarf planet Ceres reaches opposition in the constellation of Cetus, shining at mag. +7.6. Find further details on page 47. Friday ▶ 3 Tonight and the night of 17/18 October are good times

BEST TIME TO SEE: 6, 13, 21 and 29 October at the times shown With long, dark nights settling in and Saturn favourably positioned in the sky, now’s a great time to catch an unusual view of the ringed

From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe

In the 17th century, the great maritime nations were vying to solve a puzzle that had confounded philosophers for many centuries: how to determine exact positions on the Earth’s surface. And in Britai