Astronomy

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And other stories from the stranger side of life

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Astronomers announce ‘mind-boggling’ discovery of ‘biosignature’ gas phosphine in clouds above the planet

European Space Agency mission to study Sun’s polar regions launches in Florida

Lunar winner Laszlo Francsics lands £10,000 prize

Scientists discover water vapour on ‘potentially habitable’ exoplanet

Nasa investigating impact scenarios for massive space rock set to pass ten times closer to Earth than our moon

Climate change is a very real threat but a more certain end lies in store for humanity

First recorded seismological tremor on another planet offers clues about how planetary bodies form

Biggest and brighter supermoon of 2019 set to light up the sky

Scientists say the pole is shifting towards Russia at rate of around 34 miles a year

New study shows frequency of impacts jumped just before the dinosaur age

BA and Virgin pilots report spotting bright lights that disappeared at high speed

The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century will be visible in UK skies tonight

The southwestern state's unlit skies are a boon for amateur astronomers

Eclipse-chasers primed for 'most- watched' solar eclipse in history

More than 3,800 entries capture sights from across the universe

The astronomer explains how studying galaxies helps us understand time, and how we’re all time travellers already, relatively speaking

Thanks to a phenomenon that has altered the position of the constellations we see today, most of us have the wrong horoscope

Experts suggest star clumps could harbour networks of civilisations

A rumour is doing the rounds that there will be a 'spectacular double moon' in the sky in late August but astronomers say it's all nonsense

Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter will 'lift our attention away from our own little world into the enormous things beyond'

Don't panic: the asteroid will miss us by a comfortable 745,000 miles – but nothing will get closer until 2027

Newly discovered planet is 40 per cent hotter than Earth – but sits in the 'Goldilocks zone' with liquid water