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- 10 Sep 2018, 15:40 UTC Neutron star merger generated illusion of superluminal jet
- 10 Sep 2018, 14:31 UTC Revisiting a jaw-dropping Hubble view of Saturn and its moons
- 8 Sep 2018, 06:00 UTC Dawn probe nears end of successful mission to Vesta, Ceres
- 7 Sep 2018, 16:45 UTC See space rock 2018 RC whizz by Earth closer than the Moon this weekend
- 7 Sep 2018, 14:55 UTC Curiosity panorama shows still-dusty Mars from Vera Rubin Ridge
- 7 Sep 2018, 14:19 UTC Two galaxies collide leaving luminous ring of collapsed stars
- 6 Sep 2018, 20:33 UTC Fierce molecular winds slow runaway starbirth in early galaxy
- 6 Sep 2018, 15:40 UTC Jocelyn Bell Burnell earns £2.6 million prize for pulsar discovery
- 6 Sep 2018, 13:39 UTC U.S. National Academies recommend imaging exoplanet telescope
- 4 Sep 2018, 06:00 UTC New database helps identify potentially ‘life friendly’ stars
- 3 Sep 2018, 15:03 UTC ALMA reveals dusty anatomy of an ancient starburst galaxy
- 1 Sep 2018, 16:33 UTC To bring a dead star back to life, first get a black hole
- 1 Sep 2018, 15:42 UTC Shimmering aurora flicker above Saturn’s north pole
- 31 Aug 2018, 18:24 UTC Watch asteroid 2015 FB118 brush by Earth in early September
- 29 Aug 2018, 19:49 UTC VISTA captures huge Carina Nebula in all its infrared glory
- 29 Aug 2018, 19:17 UTC New Horizons catches sight of Kuiper Belt target ‘Ultima Thule’
- 28 Aug 2018, 14:04 UTC Surprisingly rapid magnetic field reversals pose risks to Earth
- 27 Aug 2018, 16:39 UTC See bright Comet 21P’s close brush with conspicuous Capella
- 27 Aug 2018, 15:36 UTC Meteorite data indicate Jupiter underwent distinct growth phases
- 26 Aug 2018, 00:33 UTC The Hubble Space Telescope looks into the heart of M13
- 25 Aug 2018, 01:46 UTC OSIRIS-REx captures its first images of asteroid Bennu
- 23 Aug 2018, 14:34 UTC The Milky Way arches over La Silla Observatory
- 23 Aug 2018, 14:05 UTC See the Moon meet the Red Planet on the UK night of 23 August
- 22 Aug 2018, 21:23 UTC See innermost planet Mercury’s favourable dawn show
- 22 Aug 2018, 19:38 UTC An aurora by any other name? Not if it goes by STEVE
- 21 Aug 2018, 21:04 UTC Ice deposits confirmed near moon’s poles, confirming earlier indications
- 21 Aug 2018, 20:40 UTC Closing a loophole in Bell’s theorem with light from ancient quasars
- 20 Aug 2018, 22:03 UTC InSight lander now halfway to Mars, on track for November landing
- 20 Aug 2018, 16:18 UTC Putting a young exoplanet on the scales for the first time
- 19 Aug 2018, 06:00 UTC Nothing special about ingredients making up our Solar System
- 18 Aug 2018, 20:31 UTC NASA stands by for Mars Opportunity wake up as dust storm abates
- 17 Aug 2018, 20:11 UTC Find Barnard’s Star, the Sun’s closest stellar neighbour visible from the UK
- 17 Aug 2018, 13:00 UTC Molecules ripped apart in giant close-orbiting exoplanet
- 17 Aug 2018, 12:23 UTC Hundreds of galaxies hidden in quasar’s 46-billion-sun glare
- 17 Aug 2018, 11:45 UTC One Hubble picture is worth 15,000 words (make that galaxies)
- 14 Aug 2018, 15:40 UTC A family portrait of the Very Large Telescope facility in Chile
- 14 Aug 2018, 15:16 UTC Excavation begins for Giant Magellan Telescope observatory
- 13 Aug 2018, 15:19 UTC Protons may play outsized role in neutron star behaviour
- 12 Aug 2018, 18:57 UTC Parker Solar Probe launched on historic mission to ‘touch the sun’
- 12 Aug 2018, 15:59 UTC No place like home in crowded core of Omega Centauri
- 12 Aug 2018, 05:00 UTC Dwarf galaxy mergers provide fuel for star building in larger galaxies
- 8 Aug 2018, 14:52 UTC $2 million earmarked to repair hurricane-damaged radio telescope
- 8 Aug 2018, 14:13 UTC Glittering galaxies galore in wide-angle VST image in Virgo
- 7 Aug 2018, 13:28 UTC Most distant radio galaxy, host to a voracious black hole, is found
- 6 Aug 2018, 19:42 UTC Sharing an unforgettable moment: The Milky Way over Spain
- 4 Aug 2018, 15:11 UTC Brown dwarf or massive exoplanet detected with powerful magnetic field
- 3 Aug 2018, 13:37 UTC Crescent-shaped nebula in Carina harbours energetic Wolf-Rayet star
- 3 Aug 2018, 13:25 UTC Astronomers stunned again by Eta Carinae – the star that will not die
- 3 Aug 2018, 12:13 UTC Don’t miss 2018’s favourable Perseid meteor shower, 12–13 August
- 2 Aug 2018, 15:54 UTC Stellar occultation observations planned for next New Horizons target
