Latest observations, tips, and discoveries from the cosmos
Rep. Tim Burchett has introduced a bill to permanently abolish AARO — while Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's demand for 46 classified UAP videos expires tomorrow. Two colliding congressional actions are putting the Pentagon's UFO programme under the most pressure it has ever faced.
Mars and Neptune are within 2° of each other in the predawn sky today — a rare chance to find the Solar System's most elusive planet using the Red Planet as your guide. Here's exactly when and where to look from the UK.
A brightening comet before dawn, Venus and Jupiter dominating the evening sky, and the Lyrid meteor shower building toward its peak — this is one of the best weeks for amateur astronomers in 2026.
Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) reaches perihelion on 19 April and could become visible to the naked eye. Here's everything you need to know — including when, where, and how to spot it from the UK.
After 10 days in space, a record-breaking lunar flyby, and the furthest distance any humans have ever travelled from Earth, the Artemis II crew splashes down in the Pacific tonight. Here's the full reentry timeline and how to watch.
NASA has released the first official photos from the Artemis II lunar flyby — including a 54-minute solar eclipse from deep space, a new Earthrise, and the far side of the Moon in stunning detail.
The lunar flyby is complete. Orion has swung around the Moon, broken the human distance record, witnessed Earthrise over the far side, and is now coasting back toward Earth. Splashdown: April 11.
The Artemis II crew will fly within 4,070 miles of the Moon this evening, break Apollo 13's distance record, witness Earthrise over the far side, and see a solar eclipse from lunar orbit. Here's the full schedule and how to follow along live.
Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) disintegrated six hours before perihelion on 4 April, reaching magnitude –0.6 before breaking apart. The hoped-for Easter Comet display will not happen — here's what the SOHO data tells us.
The Artemis II crew has crossed the halfway mark to the Moon, sent back stunning aurora photos of Earth, practised CPR in zero gravity, and dealt with a temperamental toilet. The historic lunar flyby is 48 hours away.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has set an April 14 deadline for the Defence Department to release 46 classified UAP videos — including footage of the Lake Huron shootdown, Tic Tac objects filmed by the Coast Guard, and spherical craft diving near a US submarine.
Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) reaches perihelion tomorrow, skimming just 161,000 km above the Sun's surface. SOHO is already watching. Here's how to follow the action — and how to spot it if it survives.
It happened. At 6:24 p.m. ET on April 1, 2026, NASA's SLS rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying four astronauts on humanity's first crewed voyage to the Moon in 54 years.
NASA just scrapped the Lunar Gateway — the space station it had been building for a decade — in favour of a $20 billion surface base. The problem? Europe already built and delivered a €1 billion module for it.
It's happening — Artemis II launches tonight at 11:24 PM BST, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first time in 54 years. Here's everything you need to know about today's events and where to watch live.
A sungrazing comet discovered in the Atacama Desert is about to skim just 161,000 km above the Sun's surface. If it survives, Comet MAPS could light up the evening sky in time for Easter.
The Moon occults Regulus on Sunday, the Pink Full Moon rises on Thursday, and Artemis II blasts off for the Moon on Wednesday — the most eventful week in the sky this year.
Tonight the waxing gibbous Moon slides right past Jupiter high in the evening sky — a gorgeous naked-eye pairing framed by the twin stars of Gemini. Here's exactly when and where to look from the UK.
AARO's caseload has surged past 2,000 reports. A secret workshop brought 40 government, academic, and civilian researchers together. And a new whitepaper reveals the Pentagon is using AI to hunt for patterns in decades of sighting data.
Scientists re-examining 1950s Palomar Observatory sky survey photographs have found mysterious objects that appeared and vanished before any human satellite existed. Their peer-reviewed conclusions are impossible to dismiss.
Astronomers have quietly announced the discovery of 15 new moons — 11 for Saturn and 4 for Jupiter. It brings Saturn's total to 285 and Jupiter's to 101, and the solar system's combined moon count to 442.
On the morning of 17 March 2026, a 7-ton asteroid blazing at 45,000 mph lit up the skies from Wisconsin to Maryland before exploding above Ohio with the force of 250 tons of TNT — and dropping real meteorites into a field south of Cleveland.
The US government quietly registered two new .gov domains — alien.gov and aliens.gov — on March 18, 2026. The White House's only response: a smiling alien emoji and 'Stay tuned.'
A solar flare from active region AR4392 launched a coronal mass ejection directly at Earth — it arrives tomorrow evening. Scotland and northern England have a genuine shot at seeing the northern lights.
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to confirm a new type of planet that shouldn't be able to exist — a world where the entire surface is a permanent ocean of molten rock, kept alive by a sulphurous atmosphere.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland — who commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson and briefly worked with Tom DeLonge's UAP research group — has been missing for three weeks. The FBI is involved, clothing has been found in Colorado, and a US congressman says he 'has a lot to say' about UFOs.
NASA has confirmed April 1, 2026 as the launch date for Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon in 54 years. Here's everything you need to know.
With Artemis II weeks away and a major programme restructure announced in February 2026, here is the definitive guide to every Artemis mission — what each one does, when it launches, and how the plan has changed.
A whistleblower report delivered to Congress alleges the Pentagon has been running a secret programme called Immaculate Constellation for years — hoarding thousands of high-resolution UAP images and videos that the public has never seen.
Only the third interstellar object ever detected, 3I/ATLAS has stunned scientists with alien water, extraordinary levels of methanol, and deuterium ratios unlike anything in our solar system. And this Sunday, it passes Jupiter.
A metallic sphere with no welds, unknown etchings, and nine internal microspheres landed in Buga, Colombia in March 2025. Is it alien technology, an art project, or something else entirely?
NASA has identified the culprit behind the helium flow issue that forced Artemis II off the launch pad — a dislodged seal in a quick disconnect fitting. With repairs complete and additional work underway in the VAB, a rollout later this month puts an April launch back in reach.
NASA has fundamentally redesigned Artemis III — the mission will no longer land on the Moon. Instead, astronauts will dock with commercial landers in Earth orbit as a test run, with the first actual lunar landing now planned for 2028.
Trump's UAP disclosure order is real and recent. But claims that religious fundamentalists inside the Pentagon are currently blocking the release deserve careful scrutiny. Here's what's verified — and what isn't.
Just days after a successful wet dress rehearsal raised hopes for a March launch, a helium flow anomaly in the rocket's upper stage has forced NASA to roll Artemis II back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. March is now ruled out — so when will four astronauts finally fly to the Moon?
There's been a massive surge in public interest surrounding UFOs and UAPs, alongside renewed rumours that the U.S. government may finally be ready to disclose what it knows. We unpack what's real, what's rumour, and what Trump's announcement actually means.
NASA continues preparations for the historic Artemis II mission, addressing technical challenges as the agency targets a March 2026 launch for humanity's first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years.
Don't miss the spectacular planet parade of 2026! Learn when and how to see multiple planets align in the night sky, plus tips for photographing this rare celestial event.
Complete month-by-month guide to observing Jupiter in 2026, including opposition dates, best viewing times, and what you can see through binoculars and telescopes.
Mars, the Red Planet, offers a challenging but rewarding observing experience in 2026. Unlike Jupiter, Saturn, or Venus which have favorable oppositions or e…
Mercury, the swift messenger of the gods, is one of the most challenging planets to observe due to its proximity to the Sun. But for those who successfully s…
Neptune, the solar system's most distant major planet, presents the ultimate planetary observing challenge. Invisible to the naked eye and appearing as a tin…
Saturn, the jewel of the solar system, offers spectacular viewing in 2026 as the planet's magnificent rings continue opening up after their near edge-on pres…
Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, offers a unique observing challenge in 2026. As one of the ice giants, Uranus appears as a tiny blue-green disk that…
Venus, the brilliant evening and morning star, is impossible to miss when it graces our skies. In 2026, Venus treats observers to both spectacular evening an…
Mercury offers excellent viewing opportunities this month for amateur astronomers looking to spot this elusive planet.
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