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10 times the sky amazed us in 2025

A bevy of comets, a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse and impressive northern lights were just three of the skywatching highlights in 2025. Here's how they unfolded.

Space

ISS astronaut captures amazing video of SpaceX Starlink satellite train cruising above auroras

A train of glittering SpaceX Starlink satellites shine brightly above a green aurora in a new video released by NASA astronaut Don Pettit.

Space

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 winners unveiled — and the photos are truly exquisite

These breathtaking photographs are the winning entries of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards.

Space

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From 1-gigapixel images to 22-hour exposures – check out the winners of this inspiring astronomy photography competition

Galaxies, Auroras, the Moon, our Sun, planets and more – the Royal Observatory Greenwich reveals the winners of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17

Digital Camera World

Even NASA astronauts love retro camera gear. Don Pettit admits to using this vintage 1980s lens in space

The 1980s Noct Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 is so iconic for astrophotography, it's still used in space

Digital Camera World

Golden hour is more like “the golden five seconds” on the International Space Station. Astronauts Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick share the challenges – and hacks – of photography in space

In a captivating podcast, two NASA photographers and astronauts just shared what it's like to take photographs in space

Digital Camera World

This astronaut's incredible photo, taken from space, features in the Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection

Explore Capture the Atlas' stunning collection and uncover the gear behind these breathtaking astrophotos

Digital Camera World

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'Cosmic fire' and Earthly ice: See the breathtaking winners of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2025 contest

Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest.

LiveScience

'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)

Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he'd just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.

Space

Nasa’s oldest astronaut feels ‘30 years old again’ in space

Nasa’s oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well, a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission

The Independent UK

Missing ingredients, brand new colours and the chances of alien life – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

NASA’s oldest active astronaut lands at Scottish airport after mission

NASA’s longest-serving and oldest active astronaut, Don Pettit, made an unexpected stop in Glasgow following his return to Earth from a recent…

The National (Scotland)

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)

NASA's oldest active astronaut, the 70-year-old Don Pettit, has returned home to Houston after a seven-month stint aboard the International Space Station.

Space

A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American returns to Earth from the International Space Station

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station

The Independent UK

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Nasa astronaut returns from space station on his 70th birthday

Space observers raised concerns about Don Pettit’s health following his return

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Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Expedition 72 crew lands in Kazakhstan

A Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut has returned to Earth as the International Space Station’s Expedition 72 crew end their seven-month research assignment.

Space

NASA's oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.

Space

Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station this evening (April 19), and you can watch it live.

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'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)

Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).

Space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts will return to Earth on April 19

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station on Saturday night (April 19), if all goes to plan.

The Independent UK

Nasa astronaut releases videos of dazzling green auroras captured from space

One of the videos shows aurora in the form of ‘green vaporous turbulence’

Space

See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured two amazing videos of the auroras from his unique perch above Earth last week.

Space

Navy SEAL doctor-astronaut launches with cosmonauts on Russian Soyuz to ISS (video)

A Navy SEAL, medical doctor and NASA astronaut lifted off for an eight-month stay on the International Space Station — and that was just one of the three crewmates on Soyuz MS-27.

The Independent UK

NASA astronaut captures aurora from space

A NASA astronaut currently on the International Space Station has recorded an incredible video of a vivid green aurora over Earth on Saturday, 5th April.

Space

Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut. 'OK, this is kind of out there'

"OK, this is kind of out there and caters to your inner Uber-Geek."

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