It’s set to be the biggest and brightest of the year Tonight (Wednesday, 5 November), the Beaver supermoon is set to grace our skies for Bonfire Night. The Beaver supermoon will be strongest between Tuesday and Thursday, with it due to shine up to 30% brighter than usual. Although the supermoon technically peaked at 1.19pm […]
3 months ago
The satellite will turn deep red around 7.30pm this evening. An extremely rare total lunar eclipse ‘blood moon’ will be visible in UK skies tonight. It’s the first time in three years that the eclipse will be visible from the country. As the Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon, the moon is […]
5 months ago
The comet is due to shoot past the sun in October Astronomers have found ‘something strange’ when capturing the first images of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, which is hurtling towards the sun at 130,000 mph. Scientist working with the James Webb Space Telescope are trying their best to learn all they can about the rare space […]
5 months ago
You will be able to see the Strawberry Moon in the UK This month’s full moon phenomenon won’t be seen again until 2045. A full moon appears every 29.5 days, which is the length of time it takes for the moon to go through one entire lunar phase cycle. In other words, a full moon […]
8 months ago
It only ignites approximately every 80 years Astronomers are preparing for a dazzling celestial show that only happens approximately every 80 years. In 1946, 15-year-old school boy Michael Woodman, a keen amateur astronomer spotted a bright star in the night sky. “There was the constellation of Corona Borealis, but in the ring of the Corona, […]
1 year ago
‘It’s just a matter of time before it explodes’ A new star is set to appear in our sky any day now in a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ astronomical event. Scientists are waiting with bated breath for T Coronae Borealis – also known as the Blaze Star – to light up the night sky for the first time […]
1 year ago