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‘I think everyone benefits from being out under the night sky’

Go behind the lens with Jennifer Rogers, who was shortlisted in ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 with her photo of star trails above a Cornish tin mine

Photographing a deep-space shark from the Kuwait desert

Explore Ali Alobaidly’s incredibly detailed photo of the Shark Nebula, which was crowned the winner of ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026

How to photograph the Moon with a smartphone

Capture photos of the Moon using your phone with our handy guide

A happy accident: photobombed by a meteor

Learn more about this breathtaking accidental capture of a fleeting fireball meteor, winner of Best Newcomer in ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025

'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

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

Earth and space through an astronaut's lens

Discover how NASA astronaut Don Pettit takes out-of-this-world photographs from the unique and constantly moving vantage point of the International Space Station

Billions of stars, one winning photograph: the core of Andromeda

A trio of photographers from China won the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 competition with a breathtaking image of the core of the Andromeda Galaxy

Photographing a natural optical illusion

Meet Marcella Giulia Pace, who won the Our Moon category of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 competition with her unique image of a natural optical spectacle