The UK Meteor Network recorded a stunning large meteor from its Ash Vale camera in Surrey
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How to get the best images of this evening’s penumbral eclipse
Astronomer Ninian Boyle shows you how to capture our Moon’s wander into subtle shadow this evening
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NIGHT SKY: How to watch Venus skim Jupiter tonight
Here’s everything you need to know about the spectacular pairing
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Watch a planetary “high five” right now
It’s the school holidays, so why not show your children how they can see their favourite planets from Earth?
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NIGHT SKY: Mars, Saturn and Antares line up in the August twilight
Step outside as the stars come out, look southwest, and you’ll see an eye-catching pattern
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Watch LIVE: The peak of the Perseids from Japan!
Catch the meteor shower of the year – wherever you are in the world!
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Watch LIVE: Don’t miss the peak of the Perseid meteor shower!
Clouded out? Courtesy of Slooh, you can tune into our live stream wherever you are in the world
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How to image the Perseids with your phone
The most reliable meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of 12-13 August. Astronomer Ninian Boyle shows you how to shoot it
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NIGHT SKY: Don’t miss this year’s “better-than-average” Perseids
The meteor shower could put on an even more impressive show thanks to comet Swift-Tuttle getting gravitational assistance from Jupiter
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Watch the Delta Aquariid meteor shower at its peak!
Courtesy of Slooh, you can observe the event from the comfort of your own home
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Watch LIVE: See this evening’s strawberry moon
For the first time since 1967, the Summer Solstice coincides with a bright moonlit sky
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VIDEO: Watch the moment an asteroid exploded over Arizona
Night turned to day for a few seconds on the evening of 2 June 2016 over the state
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NIGHT SKY: See Mars at its closest, biggest and brightest in a decade
Planet Mars gets closer to Earth than it has been since November 2005
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VIDEO: Check out this best-ever view of the transit of Mercury
A high-resolution video of the transit of Mercury captured by the Big Bear Solar Observatory in California
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Relive the transit of Mercury!
Courtesy of Slooh, you can see the innermost planet make its way across the Sun
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Watch the transit of Mercury LIVE!
Courtesy of Slooh, you can see the innermost planet make its way across the Sun
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Watch the Lyrid meteor shower live!
The Lyrids reach their peak tonight, observe them from the comfort of your own armchair – whether you’re clouded out or not!
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NIGHT SKY: Northern Lights “likely” this evening
A large grouping of sunspots provide a good chance of auroral displays as far south as England tonight
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VIDEO: Watch a mountaintop get blown off for the world’s largest telescope
As part of our 50th issue, we promised to reveal the moment a mountain got blown up in the name of astrophysics
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Watch the total solar eclipse live from Indonesia!
Tune into the livestream to watch the event live from Southeast Asia – courtesy of Slooh