Astronomy

Cranborne Chase granted dark sky reserve status

Back garden observatory 'blinding' neighbour

The man who owns 1,000 meteorites

Draconid meteor shower peaks Wed night. Video, 00:01:07Draconid meteor shower peaks Wed night

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Planets and Big Bang win Nobel physics prize

Saturn becomes planet with most moons

Milky Way explosion detected by Hubble telescope. Video, 00:00:23Milky Way explosion detected by Hubble telescope

Milky Way's centre exploded 3.5 million years ago

Space dust 'is like badly baked cherry cake'

Isles astronomy festival to return for second year

Giant planet discovery bewilders astronomers

Europe's 'dark telescope' makes progress

First measurements of 'interstellar comet'

Has another interstellar visitor been found?

Water found for first time on 'habitable' planet

Team plans to film black hole at galaxy's centre

School's reinvention as dark sky centre begins

'Next-generation Hubble' takes shape

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We live in a warped and twisted galaxy

The volcano that could help prove alien life exists

Hawaiians try to bar telescope from sacred land