Bridge of stray stars revealed

Imagine you’re in a woodland, with sunlight filtering through the endless green canopy overhead. There’s uniqueness everywhere. Some trees grow bolt upright, but others are wizened and twisted. Here t

GLOBAL EYE

Might our universe – as vast as it is – be simply one of many? We look at the growing evidence that there’s more than one cosmos out there

First up is the mag. +11.9 planetary nebula IC 351, located 2.3° west and 0.8° south of Menkib (Xi (ξ) Persei). Despite its small apparent size – just 8 x 6 arcminutes – it’s visible through a small s

Royal Museums Greenwich have announced the phenomenal winners of this year’s ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Jessica Miller takes a look…

It’s a source of some frustration that the last time we spotted a supernova in the Milky Way Galaxy – all the way back in 1604 – no one had a telescope to point at it. We have to content ourselves wit