It’s complete coincidence of course, but there will be a partial eclipse of the Moon on Tuesday 16 July 2019 on the 50th anniversary of the day that Apollo 11 blasted off towards the Moon. The eclipse will be visible from the whole of the UK, though how much of it you see will depend on your location. Read more

Recent nights have seen superb displays of noctilucent cloud (NLC) – blue-white cloud structures that form on the edge of space in the northern sky. Read more

As Jupiter reaches its closest point to Earth for the year, observers are reporting that its famous Great Red Spot is rapidly shrinking. Read more

The first of a major series of satellites produced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX corporation have been launched, and are already causing consternation among astronomers (see update below). A string of 60 satellites have been seen crossing the night sky, and the plan is eventually to launch 12,000 such satellites. Read more

If you thought that SKA was a style of Jamaican music, think again. It’s an amazing new radio telescope with a collecting area of a whole square kilometre – the Square Kilometre Array, geddit? – that is currently being built across Australia and South Africa. Read more

With no bright planets easily visible in the evening sky at the moment, we need to turn to fainter objects. This is a great time to try your hand at observing galaxies millions of light years away. Read more

Another series of evening passes of the International Space Station over the UK starts on Wednesday, 21 March, and continues until 7 April. Read more

Comet Iwamoto is still high in the evening sky, but if you’re hoping to see a blazing object with a fine tail, you will be disappointed.  Read more