A once-in-160,000-year comet as bright as Venus is set to light up the UK sky next week. It follows on from the once-in-a-lifetime comet that flew by Earth last October, providing humans on earth with ...

One of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize, the Queen offers observers many worthy sights.

Here’s something that you’ll kick yourself if you miss – a comet that only grazes the Earth every 160,000 years will be ...

ONE of the brightest comets to pass Earth in nearly 20 years could be visible to the naked eye in a once-in-a-lifetime display next week. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), is ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

In the North East we are lucky to have just about the darkest skies possible above our head in Northumberland National Park.

They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's ...

The new year opens with a better than average meteor shower and a great display of planets, including a six-planet alignment.

The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the strongest, and quickest, meteor showers of the year. Here’s what you need to know ...

The Quadrantids usually aren’t visible in the Southern Hemisphere because the shower’s radiant ... it’s probably because the name doesn’t sound as if it’s related to a constellation. That’s because ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.