Astronomy

The Northern Lights, as seen over France earlier this year

Northern Lights to stun UK tonight - best time to see them

A full beaver moon rising behind St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor in 2017

How to see the 'super beaver moon' as it lights up UK skies this week

Meteors of the Orionid meteor shower, as seen from Lebanon in 2021

How to watch the Orionid meteor shower as it peaks this week

The Northern Lights as seen over Whitley Bay, in England's North East, last year

When the Northern Lights could appear over the UK this week

A Hunter's supermoon in 2024, as seen from California

How to see October's rare Harvest 'supermoon' this week

Celebrating the harvest and taking in the changes of the season are both ways you can celebrate the autumn equinox

The exact time of the 2025 autumn equinox - and 5 ways to celebrate it

Saturn (right) and Jupiter as seen from Los Angeles, California in 2020

Saturn will be visible to the naked eye this weekend - how to spot it

A total 'blood moon' lunar eclipse as seen from Glastonbury in 2015

Total 'blood moon' eclipse due this weekend - how to see it

The Northern Lights as seen from Herne Bay in Kent last October

Tips to spot the Northern Lights tonight as aurora appears in UK skies

A composite photo of 15 Perseid meteors seen over the US back in 2018

Your best chance to see the Perseid meteor shower in 2025 almost here

A sturgeon super moon sets in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2023

How to see 'stunning' Sturgeon Moon as it rises over UK this weekend

When you could spot Pluto.

Exact date you could see Pluto as dwarf planet reaches peak brightness

Composite photo of 12/Pons-Brooks comet taken in Kendal, Cumbria by Stuart Atkinson. A comet that passes by Earth once every 71 years is currently visible in the night sky using binoculars or small telescopes. Picture by Stuart Atkinson/PA Wire

Comet passing every 71 years will be visible in sky, say UCLan experts

February’s full moon will take place soon

When is the next full moon? Best time to see Snow Moon in UK revealed

Jupiter will reach opposition this week making its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years

How to see Jupiter’s closest approach to earth in 59 years

Professor Don Kurtz has received the Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS) 2022 Service Award for Astronomy.

UCLan professor awarded lifetime achievement award from the Royal Astronomical S...
The work of Professor Don Kurtz has received prestigious recognition from the Royal Astronomical Society
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Startrails across the sky (credit Matthew Savage)

'Stars like diamonds on velvet': Magical astronomy in the Forest of Bowland

Lucy Sharkey with planets photo Rebecca Richards

New lessons with have Preston school pupils dancing to the moon and back

Prestons Moor Park Observatory will host a Stargazing Live event next Wednesday

Preston stargazers invited to Stargazing Live event

Frame at last . . . members of the astrology group at the 80s night

Astronomers are 80s disco stars

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