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- 22 Aug 2019, 20:49 UTC 30 years later, Voyager 2’s flyby of Neptune still thrills
- 22 Aug 2019, 19:46 UTC Second giant planet found orbiting Beta Pictoris
- 20 Aug 2019, 16:01 UTC See the Moon hide a trio of Hyades stars at dawn on 24 August
- 20 Aug 2019, 15:57 UTC NASA’s Europa Clipper approved for development
- 19 Aug 2019, 13:29 UTC Black hole gobbles neutron star, belches gravity waves
- 19 Aug 2019, 06:00 UTC Showing what’s to come when the Sun grows old
- 18 Aug 2019, 06:00 UTC A supernova that may shed light on how the first stars died
- 17 Aug 2019, 06:00 UTC A core-warping impact in Jupiter’s past?
- 16 Aug 2019, 14:34 UTC Persistence – and adaptive optics – track Io volcanoes
- 16 Aug 2019, 13:44 UTC Analysis shows 1-in-6 stars may host Earth-size planets
- 14 Aug 2019, 15:14 UTC Parker Solar Probe heading for third close pass by Sun
- 13 Aug 2019, 20:44 UTC ESA assesses ExoMars parachute tears
- 13 Aug 2019, 14:24 UTC OSIRIS-REx candidate sample collection sites identified
- 12 Aug 2019, 15:45 UTC Curiosity captures panoramic view of ‘Teal Ridge’
- 12 Aug 2019, 15:16 UTC Observatories to resume operations amid protests
- 10 Aug 2019, 14:20 UTC IAU approves more names for features on Pluto
- 9 Aug 2019, 15:06 UTC A fine Perseid meteor shower peak on 13 August despite a waxing Moon?
- 8 Aug 2019, 17:04 UTC Rivalling Juno, Hubble snaps stunning views of Jupiter
- 8 Aug 2019, 16:26 UTC Don’t miss Mercury in the eastern sky at dawn during August 2019
- 7 Aug 2019, 18:47 UTC ALMA finds previously unseen ancestors of elliptical galaxies
- 7 Aug 2019, 15:28 UTC A cosmic seagull soaring through space on wings of ionised gas
- 6 Aug 2019, 14:36 UTC Another look at Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, courtesy of Juno
- 5 Aug 2019, 14:30 UTC A hot planet, shaped like a football, spews heavy metals
- 2 Aug 2019, 13:16 UTC Iron-poor star hints at nature of first-generation suns
- 1 Aug 2019, 22:38 UTC LightSail teams declares success in solar sail experiment
- 1 Aug 2019, 13:33 UTC Planet-hunting telescopes capture intriguing view of Centaurus A
- 31 Jul 2019, 23:52 UTC Mars 2020 rover on track for launch next July
- 31 Jul 2019, 19:36 UTC TESS helps astronomers pinpoint possibly habitable exoplanet
- 31 Jul 2019, 15:47 UTC More Jupiter events to enjoy in August 2019
- 30 Jul 2019, 11:59 UTC Going out with a bang, not a whimper, Eta Carinae continues to amaze
- 29 Jul 2019, 15:30 UTC Star orbiting supermassive black hole again confirms relativity
- 28 Jul 2019, 16:50 UTC TESS completes first year of operation; begins mapping northern sky
- 28 Jul 2019, 16:08 UTC NASA’s Mars 2020 rover looking more and more like a rover
- 28 Jul 2019, 15:45 UTC Seek out some fine summer multiple stars
- 28 Jul 2019, 15:25 UTC Sky-Watcher’s Sun-seeker
- 27 Jul 2019, 13:42 UTC Up and over a spiral galaxy
- 22 Jul 2019, 19:31 UTC India launches robotic mission to land on the Moon
- 16 Jul 2019, 09:48 UTC See the International Space Station above the eclipsed Moon on 16 July
- 15 Jul 2019, 15:15 UTC Asteroid with shortest year spotted
- 15 Jul 2019, 13:28 UTC Don’t miss Tuesday night’s partial lunar eclipse
- 14 Jul 2019, 18:19 UTC India seeks to join exclusive company with ambitious moon mission
- 14 Jul 2019, 17:30 UTC Russia launches international X-ray astronomy mission
- 13 Jul 2019, 16:28 UTC Curiosity Mars rover spotted from orbit
- 11 Jul 2019, 16:39 UTC Japanese spacecraft snags second sample from asteroid
- 7 Jul 2019, 07:12 UTC Totality over the observatory domes
- 5 Jul 2019, 10:52 UTC Hayabusa 2 cleared for second touchdown on asteroid
- 30 Jun 2019, 17:04 UTC Planet-hunting TESS spacecraft finds exoplanet smaller than Earth
- 30 Jun 2019, 16:23 UTC A Warhol-like look at the Whirlpool, courtesy of Spitzer
- 30 Jun 2019, 15:49 UTC SuperCam and robot arm installed on 2020 Mars rover
- 30 Jun 2019, 13:01 UTC See ringed planet Saturn at its best in July 2019
