News From “Astronomy Now” Magazine
Astronomy Now is the United Kingdom’s longest-running and largest popular astronomy and space magazine. It was launched in 1987.
It serves as a key voice for the UK amateur astronomy and stargazing community, balancing professional astrophysical research with practical hobbyist advice.
Unlike US-based publications like Astronomy magazine, Astronomy Now is distinctly British-focused while maintaining a global readership.
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Hera closes in on the asteroid DART impacted
2026-11-09 10:45
Astronomy Now
The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Hera spacecraft has returned its first close-up view of the Didymos asteroid system, marking the beginning of an ‘asteroid autopsy’ to discover what NASA’s DART impact really did to the...
Happy New Year, Mars! The Red Planet is turning 39
2026-09-29 12:46
Astronomy Now
On 30 September the Red Planet officially begins Mars Year 39. Which is quite an achievement for a world that is actually more than 4.5 billion years old.
3I/ATLAS was born in the deep freeze
2026-09-08 12:05
Astronomy Now
Another piece of evidence suggests that this visitor formed in the bitterly cold outer reaches of a distant planetary system.
Roman Space Telescope launches on mission to survey the Universe
2026-08-30 12:16
Astronomy Now
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun its journey into space, starting a mission that will survey the Universe on an unprecedented scale in search of clues to dark energy, dark matter and worlds...
JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought
2026-08-24 10:42
Astronomy Now
Faint, low-mass stars could be hiding much of the mass in distant galaxies, making the surprisingly large galaxies discovered by JWST in the early Universe even harder to explain.
How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse
2026-08-07 13:39
Astronomy Now
On the evening of 12 August 2026, the Moon will pass between Earth and the Sun, producing a striking solar eclipse. Find out how, when and where to observe it safely.
Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater
2026-08-05 09:30
Astronomy Now
Today’s impact of a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage on the Moon may sound dramatic, but it is neither the first human-made object to strike our natural satellite nor the largest.
Euclid opens a new window on the first billion years of cosmic history
2026-07-25 17:09
Astronomy Now
One of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy is how the Universe managed to grow enormous black holes so quickly.
Caught in the act: the wind that could kill a galaxy
2026-06-10 13:26
Astronomy Now
A powerful wind in the early Universe may explain why some massive galaxies lived fast and died young by stopping forming stars far sooner than expected.
Europe’s Mars rover may land in the remains of a vast ancient water system
2026-06-04 16:42
Astronomy Now
New orbital mapping suggests Rosalind Franklin’s Oxia Planum landing site is part of a clay-rich region hundreds of kilometres wide, raising the possibility that it records a much larger watery episode in Mars’s early history.