OPTICAL HARDWARE

Cutting edge: A space junk timeline

Free-for-all access to low-Earth orbit is increasing the risk of collisions

Inside the Sky at Night

An exoplanet researcher reports on her visit to Antarctica

Interactive

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

What’s on

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

AGE UK

Field of view: Poetry in lunar motion

Caroline Burrows spends a month making poetic observations of the Moon

Welcome to galaxy season

For many astronomers, springtime means one thing – galaxies!

From particles to parsecs

Why the study of the smallest things in the Universe can inform our understanding of the largest

In search of the Belt of Venus

What causes this wonderful natural phenomenon at sunset and sunrise?