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9 best things to see in the night sky with binoculars
By Jamie Carter published
Explore the wonders of the night sky with our guide to the best celestial sights you can observe with binoculars between February and April 2025.

Where will the 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse be visible in March 2025?
By Jamie Carter published
A total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, will be visible across Earth's night side. See detailed maps of where and when to watch the dramatic 'Blood Moon'.

Sunrise on the moon captured by Blue Ghost spacecraft after NASA and Firefly Aerospace announce successful lunar landing
By Patrick Pester published
The Blue Ghost spacecraft has taken its first images of the lunar surface as Firefly Aerospace and NASA celebrate a successful moon landing.

Fast radio burst traced to the outskirts of an ancient 'graveyard' galaxy — and the cause remains a mystery
By Jenna Ahart last updated
Scientists have traced a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) to the edge of an ancient galaxy where star formation has drastically dropped. Researchers are struggling to explain what caused it.

Katy Perry will launch to space with historic all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
By Tariq Malik published
Perry and a celebrity female crew will launch on Blue Origin's NS-31 mission this spring.

Space photo of the week: The last view of the 'Great Comet of 2025' for half a million years
By Shreejaya Karantha published
Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines brightly after its last approach to the sun for hundreds of thousands of years.

If life can exist in your stomach, it can exist on Mars. Here's what it might look like.
By María Rosa Pino Otín published
If life exists on other planets, it needs to be adaptable to extreme environments. To get a clue of what it might look like, we can turn to a surprising place: the human gut.

'Cosmic Horseshoe' may contain black hole the size of 36 billion suns — one of the largest ever detected
By Ben Turner published
The "Cosmic Horseshoe" is an Einstein ring, a system made up of a foreground galaxy whose mass is so great, it warps the light from a galaxy behind it. Now, astronomers know where it gets this mass from.

'Planet parade' photo captures 7 planets in a line over Earth — possibly for the 1st time ever
By Ben Turner published
A stunning photo of a "parade of planets", shows Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, and Mercury in alignment from Earth. The image could be the first of its kind.

Most powerful cosmic rays in the universe start shockingly close to Earth, paper claims
By Paul Sutter published
The most powerful cosmic rays in the universe currently have no explanation. New research suggests that exotic, self-annihilating particles in our own galaxy may hold the answer.
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