The beauty of a dying star

DID YOU KNOW? JWST’s primary mirror weighs 705 kilograms ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 22 DECEMBER 2025 Spiral galaxies MCG-02-05-050 (right) and -050a (left) are together known as Arp 4. That means they feature in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, compile

Since JWST’s launch four years ago, some mind-blowing observations have been made by this internationally operated, state-of-the-art, space-based super-telescope

Francis Bozon and Jean-Luc Gangloff, Alentejo Remote Observatory, Alentejo, Portugal, 18 September–30 November 2025 Francis and Jean-Luc say: “For this type of very faint object, long exposures are ne

From stargazing as a child to presenting the iconic The Sky At Night , Dame Maggie Aderin, 57, tells us how she beat the odds to become a space scientist, and why life beyond Earth matters to all of us

As a lecturer in digital forensics, I’m usually immersed in guiding students through the intricacies of digital evidence and investigative techniques. But I recently stepped into a completely differen