Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.

Betelgeuse is the star that everybody can't wait to see blow up, preferably sooner rather than later. That's because it's a ...

For years, we looked at Betelgeuse waiting for the end. When the "Great Dimming" happened in 2019, the world held its breath, ...

From an explosive sit-down with Volodymyr Zelensky to an unexpectedly friendly meeting with Zohran Mamdani, the Oval Office ...

What you won’t see, though, are green ones. The reason for this is both a fault in the stars and in ourselves: we don’t see ...

Unfortunately for planet hunters, Mercury, Venus and Mars are all too close to the sun to observe; they will come out of the ...

Stratford Astronomical Society meet tomorrow (Tuesday) for the first time this year - while member Adrian Wakeham says what’s ...

January new moon brings darker skies and prime stargazing conditions across hemispheres. A new moon takes place when the Sun ...

The faint crescent Moon returns to the western sky after the new Moon on January 19, 2026, providing a chance for early evening observation near the horizon after sunset.

Jupiter has definitely horned in on one of the sky’s most famous asterisms. The constellation Orion the Hunter contains and ...

On January 18, 2026, the new moon creates dark skies for observing Jupiter, Saturn, and the Orion constellation. Detailed positions and celestial coordinates for global observers are provided.