Ancient explosion was a rare supernova

Astronomers have puzzled over the bright event for centuries

Inside The Sky at Night

The Sky at Night TV show, past, present and future

Interactive

Emails – Letters – Tweets – Facebook – Instagram – Kit questions

What’s on

We pick the best live and virtual astronomy events and resources this month

Sky at Night Magazine

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Field of view: Finding poetry in the Northern Lights

Caroline Burrows on the verses that captured the sky-spectacle down the ages

Dancing lights from space

We investigate what we know about the creation of these mysterious, ever-changing light shows

RMG

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Venus: observing the Evening Star

As our nearest neighbour returns to the skies, we tell you how to get a closer look at this enigmatic world

How is the Universe so big?

Your questions answered as we continue to explain cosmology’s most confusing concepts