Eye on the sky

Our roundup of this month’s best images from the world’s best telescopes

Perseverance’s pick-up point

Sample tubes have been gathered on the surface for future collection

Trouble at the ISS

Two separate docked spacecraft have suffered coolant leaks

Sunspots reach unexpected peak

The current solar cycle is far more active than predicted

A view into our Galaxy’s past

A younger version of our own Milky Way has been discovered by the JWST

News in brief

A brief roundup of the latest astronomy news

UK funding for new lunar network

The system will provide a single service for future Moon missions

JWST breaks theories of the early Universe

Six unexpectedly huge galaxies overturn our ideas about how galaxies are born

Cutting edge: Saved from the supernova

Magnetic fields throughout the Galaxy could help deflect deadly radiation

Cutting edge: Dark matter could be made of black holes

Are tiny black holes the gravitational glue holding galaxies together?