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Night Sky Highlights - March 2026

Discover what to see in March, from the last full moon of winter to a conjunction of Venus and Saturn.

Writing by the Astronomy Ambassadors Group

Explore some interesting space science, written by our Astronomy Ambassadors Group.

Night Sky Highlights - February 2026

Explore what you can see in the night sky this February, including the Pleiades and the four biggest planets in our Solar System.

Night Sky Highlights - January 2026

Explore what you can see in the night sky this January, including the Quadrantid meteor shower, Jupiter at its best, and some of the brightest stars in the sky.

Night Sky Highlights - December 2025

Explore what you can see in the night sky this December, including the Geminid meteor shower and Jupiter!

'Observing the Universe reveals how small yet precious we are'

An accident led Takanobu Kurosaki to rediscover life’s beauty and fall in love with astrophotography. Explore his image shortlisted in ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025

Night Sky Highlights - November 2025

Explore what you can see in the night sky this November, including the brightest star in the night sky and the brightest full Moon of the year!

A history of the Royal Observatory in six objects

Explore 350 years of the world-renowned institution and the people who worked there through six intriguing objects

A rare spectacle: photographing the aurora in England

An incredibly strong solar storm in May 2024 made the aurora visible across the UK. Astrophotographer Darren Flinders seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity