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The Perseid meteor shower peaks on 12–13 August 2026 under a new Moon, making this the best Perseid year in a decade. Here's how to watch from the UK.
NASA has confirmed the Roman Space Telescope launch date: 30 August 2026 on a Falcon Heavy. The most powerful survey telescope ever built is fuelled and ready.
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Our star — a blazing G2V giant powering all life in the Solar System.
The smallest and fastest planet, racing around the Sun in just 88 days.
Earth's twin in size, but a scorching hot world shrouded in thick clouds.
Our blue marble — the only known planet to harbour life in the universe.
Step-by-step guides to finding and observing the great star patterns — key stars, mythology, and deep-sky objects
The Hunter — home to Betelgeuse, Rigel, and the breathtaking Orion Nebula M42.
The Plough — the UK's most familiar star pattern, always above the horizon.
The W-shaped queen — a circumpolar landmark packed with open clusters.
The Scorpion — anchored by red supergiant Antares and rich in Messier clusters.
In-depth investigations into the most credible and well-documented unidentified aerial phenomena cases
The Tic-Tac UAP that outmanoeuvred an F/A-18 — the case that changed everything.
Thousands of witnesses, a mile-wide V-formation — and a governor who admitted he saw it.
Britain's most famous UAP encounter — US Air Force personnel, a nuclear base, and three nights of contact.
Greys, reptilians, robots and more — sorted by which actually have witnesses and evidence, and which are hoaxes.
The Perseid meteor shower peaks on 12–13 August 2026 under a new Moon, making this the best Perseid year in a decade. Here's how to watch from the UK.
1 August 2026
NASA has confirmed the Roman Space Telescope launch date: 30 August 2026 on a Falcon Heavy. The most powerful survey telescope ever built is fuelled and ready.
31 July 2026
The Late Heavy Bombardment has been in textbooks for 52 years. The first rocks ever returned from the far side of the Moon show no sign it happened.
29 July 2026
Declassified file DOW-UAP-D017 is the US Air Force's own logbook of 209 UFO sightings around America's atomic weapons sites between 1948 and 1950.
29 July 2026
Honest, research-based guides to help you choose the right kit — from your first pair of binoculars to a full astrophotography rig
The best way to start — wide fields, no setup, instant views of the Moon, star clusters, and comets.
From tabletop Dobsonians to GoTo SCTs — what to look for at every budget level.
Smartphone adapters, planetary cameras, and dedicated astro cameras for every level.
Six curated kits from £85 to £4,600 — everything you need in one list, nothing missing.
