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- 13 Jan 2021, 15:54 UTC Matthew Hepburn obituary
- 11 Jan 2021, 06:00 UTC Look out for the bright jewel of Mercury in the evening sky
- 10 Jan 2021, 05:30 UTC The five: space missions for 2021
- 8 Jan 2021, 17:47 UTC Sir Arnold Wolfendale obituary
- 7 Jan 2021, 09:35 UTC Looking up in wonder: humanity and the cosmos (part two) – podcast
- 5 Jan 2021, 05:00 UTC Looking up in wonder: humanity and the cosmos (part one) – podcast
- 4 Jan 2021, 06:00 UTC Starwatch: Crescent moon slips past Spica in early morning sky
- 27 Dec 2020, 09:30 UTC Virtual New Year's Eve: party like it’s 2021 from the comfort of your front room
- 24 Dec 2020, 17:29 UTC The times they are a-changing | Brief letters
- 23 Dec 2020, 17:09 UTC Astrology is definitely not written in the stars | Letter
- 22 Dec 2020, 04:44 UTC Jupiter and Saturn's great conjunction – in pictures
- 21 Dec 2020, 18:57 UTC Clouds spoil UK's view of Saturn and Jupiter's 'great conjunction'
- 21 Dec 2020, 06:00 UTC How to see Jupiter and Saturn's great conjunction
- 18 Dec 2020, 10:14 UTC Jupiter and Saturn meet in closest ‘great conjunction’ since 1623
- 18 Dec 2020, 06:00 UTC Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam 'from nearby star'
- 15 Dec 2020, 13:00 UTC Heather Couper remembered by Floella Benjamin
- 15 Dec 2020, 02:26 UTC How to watch the Jupiter and Saturn 'great conjunction' of 2020
- 14 Dec 2020, 06:00 UTC Starwatch: 'Christmas star' is the closest great conjunction in almost 400 years
- 14 Dec 2020, 00:01 UTC British engineers to start work on 'comet chaser' probe
- 7 Dec 2020, 06:00 UTC Starwatch: Venus and the moon reward early-risers
- 4 Dec 2020, 09:00 UTC The Human Cosmos by Jo Marchant review – learn from the stars
- 3 Dec 2020, 18:32 UTC Drone footage shows Arecibo Observatory collapse in Puerto Rico – video
- 3 Dec 2020, 11:00 UTC Astronomers unveil most detailed 3D map yet of Milky Way
- 1 Dec 2020, 13:56 UTC Giant Arecibo radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico
- 30 Nov 2020, 21:06 UTC Australian telescope maps new atlas of the universe in record speed
- 29 Nov 2020, 21:30 UTC Starwatch: Orion guides the way to Auriga, the charioteer
- 22 Nov 2020, 21:30 UTC Starwatch: the Red Planet puts on a brilliant show as the moon passes by
- 15 Nov 2020, 21:30 UTC Starwatch: look out for the Leonid meteor shower this week
- 15 Nov 2020, 10:15 UTC Rock of ages … how asteroid dust may reveal secrets of life on Earth
- 8 Nov 2020, 21:30 UTC Starwatch: Venus and Mercury align with waning crescent moon
- 4 Nov 2020, 16:00 UTC Burst of radio waves in Milky Way probably came from neutron star
- 1 Nov 2020, 21:30 UTC Starwatch: look either side of the moon to find Gemini, the twins
- 29 Oct 2020, 21:30 UTC NorthStar satellite system to monitor threat of space debris
- 27 Oct 2020, 18:19 UTC John Barrow obituary
- 25 Oct 2020, 21:30 UTC Starwatch: Mars shines bright beside an almost-full moon
- 18 Oct 2020, 20:30 UTC Starwatch: how to see the Orionid meteor shower
- 15 Oct 2020, 20:30 UTC Nasa's James Webb space telescope passes launch simulation tests
- 11 Oct 2020, 20:30 UTC Starwatch: dawn encounter between the moon and Venus
- 11 Oct 2020, 05:30 UTC Soup and wine with Roger Penrose, master of gravity, light and infinity
- 6 Oct 2020, 20:30 UTC What kind of collision made the moon?
- 6 Oct 2020, 13:58 UTC Three scientists share Nobel prize in physics for work on black holes
- 3 Oct 2020, 06:00 UTC Astronaut Tim Peake: ‘Coming home was a harsh transition. Gravity sucks!’
- 3 Oct 2020, 06:00 UTC ‘A crash could have left us rolling through space': an extract from Tim Peake’s autobiograph...
- 27 Sep 2020, 20:30 UTC The Harvest Moon – a golden globe to welcome the autumn
- 20 Sep 2020, 20:30 UTC Starwatch: equinox, when the sun sits on the equator
- 20 Sep 2020, 06:06 UTC The search for life – from Venus to the outer solar system
- 15 Sep 2020, 12:04 UTC If we don't find life on planets like Venus, doesn't it make us that bit more special? | Cha...
