Tag: Astronomy

Messier 109

Jan 20, 2026

Big beautiful barred spiral galaxy Messier 109 is the 109th entry in Charles Mes...

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Jan 18, 2026

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy.

Astronomer Galileo dies in Italy

Jan 8, 2026

8 January 1642

Russia plans artificial gravity space station

Jan 2, 2026

Astronauts to be able to work without floating in state rocket company’s ‘scienc...

The Observable Universe

Nov 23, 2025

How far can you see? Everything you can see, and everything you could possibly s...

Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, st...

Nov 6, 2025

Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could ...

One-Mile Telescope

Oct 25, 2025

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

Sep 23, 2025

A new visitor from the outer Solar System, comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) also known as ...

Callisto: Dirty Battered Iceball

Sep 3, 2025

Jupiter's moon Callisto is a battered ball of dirty ice that is slightly smaller...

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, radio astronomy pioneer whose...

Jul 27, 2025

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, the former Astronomer Royal, who has died aged 102, wa...

Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather th...

Jul 16, 2025

Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive bl...

Jul 14, 2025

Ripples in space-time from collision recorded by gravitational wave detector for...

James Webb spots its first new exoplanet, a young Satur...

Jun 26, 2025

Potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 discovered in solar s...

Jun 1, 2025