Planet’s extreme orbit throws light on ‘hot jupiters’

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

It’s difficult to fully grasp the enormity and extremity of Jupiter. The planet – a striped behemoth of swirling gas with around 100 moons, one of which is larger than Mercury – dominates the Solar Sy

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

THE SEQUEL TO ELITE WAS ANOTHER GIANT LEAP FOR GAMING-KIND, INTRODUCING PROCEDURALLY GENERATED STAR SYSTEMS AND AN ACCURATE RECREATION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. JOIN US AS WE LAUNCH INTO HYPERSPACE WITH DAVID BRABEN TO EXPLORE THE COSMOS OF FRONTIER: ELITE II

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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