Latest observations, tips, and discoveries from the cosmos
On June 5, NASA ordered five crew members to shelter in a docked SpaceX Dragon after a worsening crack in the ISS's Russian segment triggered an evacuation alert — the most dramatic sign yet that the station is running out of time.
Ian Clayton
7 June 2026
After half a century of searching, astronomers have finally detected wind blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.
Ian Clayton
6 June 2026
Venus and Jupiter meet for a stunning close conjunction on June 9, Mercury joins for a rare three-planet lineup on June 12, noctilucent clouds return, and the Strawberry Moon closes out the month.
Ian Clayton
5 June 2026
The US government released 57 UAP sensor videos in May 2026. We reviewed all 11 DoD-flagged 'Interesting' clips. Most show nothing. Three don't.
Ian Clayton
4 June 2026
The US government just released six declassified UAP documents and 57 videos. We've read every page. Here's what's actually in them.
Ian Clayton
1 June 2026
May ends with a rare double event: the second full moon of the month is also a micromoon, appearing near the red star Antares low in the southern sky tonight.
Ian Clayton
31 May 2026
Hundreds of pages of formerly Top Secret NSA documents on UFO encounters have just been released. Cold War MiG scrambles, objects brighter than the sun, and spiralling blue lights — here's what was inside.
Ian Clayton
22 May 2026
The Pentagon's first PURSUE release covered 162 files. A US lawmaker says the second batch will make that look like 'a drop in the bucket' — and it may focus on underwater UAP encounters.
Ian Clayton
21 May 2026
James Webb Space Telescope images M77 (NGC 1068) — revealing the active black hole, 6,000-light-year starburst ring, and hidden star formation of this Cetus Seyfert galaxy.
Ian Clayton
20 May 2026
A newly discovered space rock will skim past Earth at just 90,000 km tonight — closer than a quarter of the Moon's distance. Here's exactly how to watch from the UK.
Ian Clayton
18 May 2026
The universe isn't scattered randomly — it's built on a vast hidden skeleton of dark matter filaments. James Webb just gave us our best look at it yet.
Ian Clayton
16 May 2026
The US just released 160+ declassified UAP files. Japan is already scanning them for local sightings. Here's why British UAP watchers should be paying very close attention.
Ian Clayton
16 May 2026
On Friday 15 May, NASA's Psyche probe will swing just 4,500 km from the surface of Mars in a gravity assist that will fling it toward one of the most mysterious objects in the solar system: a metal world that may be the exposed core of a dead planet.
Ian Clayton
13 May 2026
Six annotated NASA photographs from Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 show luminous anomalies above the lunar surface. They appear in declassified government documents. Nobody has officially explained them.
Ian Clayton
10 May 2026
Saturn makes its first morning appearance of 2026, Venus closes the gap on Jupiter through Taurus, and a New Moon opens up the darkest skies of the month — your UK stargazing guide for May 10–16.
Ian Clayton
10 May 2026
Released via war.gov: Six federal agents in three independent teams watched an orange UFO orb repeatedly launch red orbs at dusk. Here's what the US government slides actually show.
Ian Clayton
10 May 2026
The US government has published its first-ever batch of complete UAP case files — covering Apollo moon missions, military infrared footage, FBI witness interviews and incidents spanning eight decades. We've gone through them all.
Ian Clayton
8 May 2026
Venus and Jupiter are closing in on each other in the evening sky, heading for a spectacular conjunction on June 9. You can track their approach with the naked eye starting tonight.
Ian Clayton
8 May 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel told Sean Hannity that the Bureau has delivered its 'first tranche' of UFO-related documents to a White House interagency committee — and that public release is coming 'very soon'.
Ian Clayton
7 May 2026
A new free tool on WatchTheStars lets you scroll through the entire Solar System at logarithmic scale — complete with a speed-of-light animation, auto-tour mode, and every planet rendered with its real surface features.
Ian Clayton
6 May 2026
Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around a 500-kilometre Kuiper Belt object — far too small and cold to hold one. The discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, could rewrite what we know about the outer Solar System.
Ian Clayton
6 May 2026
A massive, dust-choked galaxy discovered just 400 million years after the Big Bang is challenging everything astronomers thought they knew about how galaxies form.
Ian Clayton
4 May 2026
Halley's Comet debris lights up the predawn sky, Venus and Jupiter put on an evening show, and Vesta is still at its best — your UK stargazing guide for May 4–10.
Ian Clayton
3 May 2026
Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' opens June 12. He says it has more truth than fiction, was sparked by a real Navy UAP report, and may answer questions posed by Close Encounters in 1977. Here's the real-world backdrop that makes this film unlike any UFO movie before it.
Ian Clayton
2 May 2026