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Quadrantids meteor shower

Space

How to watch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2020

The Quadrantid meteor shower has a short peak period that lasts only a few hours, so midnight on 3 January is the best time to view in the UK

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A spotter's guide to the Milky Way's most badly behaved stars

Space

A spotter's guide to the Milky Way's most badly behaved stars

Features

The world’s biggest telescope and the African astronomy revolution

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The world’s biggest telescope and the African astronomy revolution

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Andromeda galaxy

Space

How to find Andromeda – a spiral galaxy you can see with the naked eye

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book reader

Humans

Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films

Culture

Northern lights

Space

See the northern lights or aurora borealis: Follow this easy guide

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Sheila Kanani at ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Live

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Exploring the wonders of the solar system

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Seize your chance to spot Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet

Space

Seize your chance to spot Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet

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night sky

Space

See Venus and Jupiter next to each other in the sky this week

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We’ve found the missing neutron star at the centre of a supernova

Space

We’ve found the missing neutron star at the centre of a supernova

In 1987, a huge nearby supernova stunned astronomers. The explosion should have left behind a neutron star, but nobody has ever been able to find it until now

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Space

SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are interfering with astronomy again

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Space

The Leonid meteor shower peaks this week: Here's how to see it

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Technology

How to watch Mercury's transit of the sun with just binoculars

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Technology

A perfect MeerKAT moment as the sun breaks through above the telescope

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