Sky and Solar

NASA to train Indian astronauts for a week-long trip to ISS in 2024
04 December 2023

NASA will train two Indian astronauts, one of whom will fly to the ISS late next year, a space agency official announced this week.
Strange 'blob' circling Milky Way's central black hole is shooting powerful radiation at Earth every 76 minutes
04 December 2023

Regular high-energy pulses of gamma-ray radiation emerging from around the Milky Way's central black hole may be coming from a blob of matter whipping around at 30% the speed of light.
Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming encounters
04 December 2023

Here we explore whether there are any upcoming asteroid encounters and how NASA and other space agencies actively monitor near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to hit our planet.
Cosmonauts dock Russian Progress cargo ship to ISS on remote control after autopilot glitch
03 December 2023

Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station took manual control of an incoming Progress 86 cargo ship on Sunday, Dec. 3, due to an autopilot issue.
A 'runaway star' could save Earth from extinction a billion years from now. Here's how.
03 December 2023

Earth will become too hot to handle in a billion years. There's a (very) remote chance a passing star could save us by knocking our planet back into the habitable zone.

Ignite Auriga’s Flaming Star Nebula
04 December 2023

IC 405, the colourful Flaming Star Nebula, is a prime target in the northern sky.
Go to the edge with NGC 891
26 November 2023

NGC 891 in Andromeda is one of the finest edge-on spiral galaxies in the northern heavens.
William Optics Redcat71
21 November 2023

The RedCat71 from William Optics is the new kid on the block aiming to serve this need, and courtesy of First Light Optics, I looked forward to seeing if it delivered.
Look out for the Leonids!
16 November 2023

The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks on the morning of 18 November
Uranus at its best for the year
13 November 2023

Remote and endlessly fascinating, Uranus is now peaking in accessibility, offering the best observing chances this year.
Webb space telescope turns its infrared eye on the Crab Nebula and its remnant pulsar
07 November 2023

Taking a fresh look at the Crab Nebula, the James Webb Space Telescope provides new insights into the titanic explosion that blew a star apart and left a spinning pulsar in its wake.