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Top tips to view rare celestial alignment every night in January

Aurora Borealis seen from the International Space Station

Aurora Borealis: Stunning timelapse shows northern lights in space

The solar eclipse as seen from Dallas, Texas. The phenomenon was first seen in the Mexican resort town of Mazatlan. April 8 2024.

Total solar eclipse 2024: Spectacular footage of rare blackout

The far side of the moon as seen from Apollo 13 - as close as it was destined to get to the surface.

The John Griff column: To boldly go - the routine of spaceflight

Jamie Cooper captured the images from his back garden in Whilton.

Sky watcher captures pictures of other planets - from Northants garden

NASA got back in touch with Voyager by 'shouting' at it, from Camberra in Australia

The John Griff column: When ET's call home nearly didn't ring...

Nasa rover discovers evidence of life in the Jezero crater on Mars

Footage was taken from Ady's Wellingborough Road home

Rushden man's pair of potential UFO sightings as orbs flicker in night sky

Nasa holds first public meeting about UFO sightings

Dancing in the moonlight... or the light created by the awe-inspiring, seven metre sculpture.

In pictures: Art-lovers in awe as seven metre moon sculpture visits town

Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram. WOMAD UK.

Museum of the Moon: A spectacular lunar installation comes to Delapré Abbey

The Flower Moon of May 2020 (which was also a ‘supermoon’) rising above the village of Brixworth (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

When is the Flower Moon in May 2023?

A defunct satellite weighing 660 pounds is expected to crash back to Earth in the early hours of Thursday. Picture by NASA

660-pound old satellite to crash back to Earth

Black hole 30 billion times the mass of the sun pictured

This is the spacesuit the first astronaut back on the Moon will wear

Nasa reveal new spacesuit the first astronaut back on Moon will wear

The quickest way to defrost windscreens according to ex-NASA engineer
A former NASA engineer has all the tips you need to help defrost your windscreen as quickly as possible during freezing weather - especially as the UK suffers sub-zero temperatures.
Holly Allton

NASA discover new asteroid similar in size to Rome’s Colosseum

The sounding rocket containing XCAM's digital camera system

Northampton-based XCAM announces new advanced space technology partnership

Near miss: NASA says Earth set for ‘close encounter’ with asteroid

Retailing at around £40, the Peace Lily is a little pricey but may prove a worthy investment for many during the cost of living crisis.

This £40 plant will rid your home of mould and dust, according to NASA

For the first time in 50,000 years, a green comet is expected to pass by Earth’s outer space that might just be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye.

Rare green comet to pass by Earth’s outer space

An image of newly discovered TOI 700 e Earth-sized planet

Nasa finds two new Earth-sized planets in ‘habitable zone’

Hayley Brown founder of Pink Moon welcomes anyone considering either traditional or psychic counselling

Ex-Eastender star is coming to open a new counselling and healing shop

Orion sends image of Moon and the Earth to celebrate halfway point

Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16

NASA successfully launch unmanned Aretmis One rocket

The Hubble telescope sits in low-earth orbit (image: Getty Images)

NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures supernova happening in early universe

Dorset was battered by thunderstorms and a band of heavy rain overnight on the weekend.

Rare footage shows thunderbolt hit sea off the English coast
The rare footage shows a massive lightning bolt slam into the sea just off the coast in Dorset, England
Dennis Morton

Things are looking up for stargazers this week as the Draconid meteor shower is set to peak

When does Draconid meteor shower peak and how to watch

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact (Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

NASA DART mission: why was a spacecraft flown into an asteroid

NASA to crash aircraft into asteroid in Earth defence test

Jupiter will reach opposition this week making its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years

How to see Jupiter’s closest approach to earth in 59 years

NASA scientist creates chilling video to get Brits to clean up their laundry hab...

The Hubble Telescope has been in space for more than 30 years (Photo: NASA via Getty Images)

How to see the photo the Hubble Space Telescope took on your birthday

Ben Hodginkson BEM with the CPAP device he helped create which saved thousands of lives during the pandemic

Queen honours F1 engineer who created Covid life-saver at Mercedes factory

Santa’s sleigh will be visible in the sky on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to see Santa flying through the sky this Christmas Eve

An artist’s impression of the Dart spacecraft (Image: NASA)

Nasa launches spacecraft in first ever mission to smash into and deflect asteroi...

The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2021 (Shutterstock)

QUIZ: Can you guess the Cambridge words of the year based on their dictionary de...

4660 Nereus is set to come within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)

Will an asteroid hit earth in December - and should you be worried?

Stargazers in the UK will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the Draconid Meteor Shower (image: Shutterstock)

Draconid Meteor Shower to peak this weekend - how to see it from the UK

Cameras spotting meteors picked up the rocket's burn over Northamptonshire

Stargazers capture rare sight of NASA rocket in night sky

Sean Lock's best jokes: 10 of the funniest lines from the 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown comedian
(Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images)

Sean Lock's best jokes: 10 of the funniest lines from the 8 Out of 10 Cats Does ...

The Perseids happen when Earth hits a wide belt of debris left behind by the comet Tuttle-Swift (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about the Perseid meteor shower 2021 happening now -...

Strawberry moon 2021: when to see the June supermoon from UK this week - and wha...

Scientists hope the mission will help them learn more about the planet. (Photo: SDO/NASA via Getty Images)

NASA plans two missions to Venus for first time in decades

This is when the New Moon takes place in March and what it means as it passes th...

A 'stadium-sized' asteroid is heading for Earth - but there’s no need to panic (Photo: Shutterstock)

A 'stadium-sized' asteroid is heading for Earth - but there’s no need to panic

This is why Mars is a red colour - and whether life on the planet is possible

(Image: NASA)

Nasa's Perseverance rover has landed on Mars - here's how long it took to get th...

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of the area in front of it using its onboard Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera A. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Watch the moment Nasa's Perseverance rover landed on Mars and sent back its firs...

NASA's Perseverance is due to land on Mars this evening (Getty Images)

NASA's Perseverance rover will soon land on Mars - here's how to watch it live

This is the significance of February's New Moon in Aquarius - and the date it fa...

Climatologist Dr James Hansen, and Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, poses for pictures beside a mock grave reading "Climate Change, a Matter Of Life Or Death" (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

A new coal mine has the go ahead in Cumbria - but scientists are urging Boris Jo...

This is when you can see the first new moon in January - and what it means

Google is celebrating the winter solstice great conjunction of Jupiter and Satur...

There's a total solar eclipse today - here's what that means and when the next o...