A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory.

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NAM 2026: UK in pole position to lead key instrument in NASA's hunt for Ea…

UK astronomers are a step closer to playing a leading role in NASA's search for alien life in the coming decades, after receiving £3million to continue developing one of the core instruments of the Habitable Worlds Observatory...

A global photography competition called RAStroPhoto is being launched to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS).

RAStroPhoto competition launched to mark MNRAS bicentenary

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Aurora borealis seen over Cwmbran, Wales, produced by the May 2024 solar storm.

NAM 2026: Most powerful Northern Lights in a generation 'exposed weaknesses in UK infrastructure'

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From left, Professor Joe Silk, Dr Jonathan McDowell, Professor Martin Ward, Dr Nikita Chiu and Dr Manuel Salvoldi.

NAM 2026 Debate: Should the far side of the Moon be reserved for science?

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Image from HST showing the bipolar outflow of material ejected by the helium nova V445 Puppis. The progenitor binary star system is just about visible in the centre of the outflow. Also visible are the 'bullets' of gas that were shot out at either end of the outflow. Image taken in 2013 with the F502N filter on Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3.

NAM 2026: Mystery 'bullets' seen in Milky Way's only helium nova

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Halo 18 is an example of a galaxy that had a head-on collision (see the panel at z=1.2) and had a disc flip (you can see this by comparing the disc orientation at z=1.4 and z=0). This image and Image 2 show how these two exemplary galaxies evolve with time: each panel corresponds to a different time defined by redshift (z). Redshift is a quantity used by astronomers to measure the time in the universe, with z=0 corresponding to the present day, and larger z corresponding to earlier times. Each z has two pan

NAM 2026: How our Milky Way once underwent a dramatic flip

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Comparison of Mars before (left) and during (right) the June 2018 dust storm, which coincided with the solar energetic particle event examined by the Lancaster University team. Images taken by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI), a wide-angle camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), that maps daily weather conditions across the planet.

NAM 2026: Solar storms 'may alter Martian weather during dust storms'

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NAM 2026: UK in pole position to lead key instrument in NASA's hunt for Earth-like worlds

ALMA's DV-59 antenna in the foreground with multiple other antennas observing the sky in a night dominated by the Moon.

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NAM 2026: Could alien signals be hiding on a different radio channel?

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NAM 2026: Most powerful Northern Lights in a generation 'exposed weaknesses in UK infrastructure'

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NAM 2026: Mystery 'bullets' seen in Milky Way's only helium nova

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NAM 2026: Could alien signals be hiding on a different radio channel?

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