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Astronomy

July 2026

  • The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank stands on a green lawn beside a white curved structure

    Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

  • Star map

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: The summer triangle returns to the northern sky

  • Wajarri artist Gail Simpson gestures toward a colourful painting with circular patterns and cosmic imagery

    Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa

  • Stars glow in the night-time sky above the dark lake, with rocky slopes and trees silhouetted in the background.

    Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say

  • Starwatch
    Starwatch: Identifying the Scorpion, mythical adversary of Orion

  • Earth-like exoplanet found to have an atmosphere

  • Space jam: astronomers detect ‘raspberry sugar’ on dust cloud in Milky Way

  • Starwatch
    Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight

  • Starwatch
    Starwatch: Waning crescent moon pairs up with the Seven Sisters

June 2026

  • A selfie taken by Nasa's Perseverance rover on Mars' surface

    Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars

  • Lots of twinkling stars against a gold and black backdrop.

    Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre

  • Bright light emanating from a small dot in an otherwise dark night sky

    Interstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say

  • graphic of constellations

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: how to spot Hercules the hero, jewel of the summer skies

  • Starwatch
    Starwatch: Sliver of moon and bright Venus create delightful twilight conjunction

  • Alien hunters update guidance on sharing news of possible intelligent life

  • Australian climate and environmental reporting
    This cosmic map of magnetic fields could help illuminate one of the universe’s most mysterious forces

May 2026

  • A full moon appears beside the illuminated dome of St Paul's Cathedral against a dark blue sky

    What is a blue micromoon and when is the best time to see it this weekend?

  • A blue full moon

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: this week’s rare blue moon highlights the strange way we mark our calendar

  • graphic image of night sky

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: A young crescent moon journeys past Venus and Jupiter

  • Alfredo and Chris in solar glasses

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: I saw my first total solar eclipse – and its beauty shook me to my core

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