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The moon enters its new phase for February 2025 tonight, leaving the skies nice and dark for observing many bright planets currently visible in the night sky.

For the next few weeks, the planet Mars will form an isosceles triangle with the two bright stars marking the heads of the Gemini Twins, Pollux and Castor.

November is when the winter constellations of the Northern Hemisphere become more prominent; it's the time of year when Orion, Taurus and Gemini are visible almost all night long.

Sixty years ago this month, France became the first country to send a cat into space. That flight, on 18 October 1963, remains the only time a feline has ever made it into space and back again. How did the French space agency do it – and why?

Exclusive: archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis accuses Manhattan DA’s office of abusing intellectual property

Costume designer Bernadette Croft discusses her stunning fantasy outfits for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.'

The month begins with the brilliant planets Venus and Jupiter up close and personal in the west as the sky grows dark, writes Nigel Henbest

This week less and less of the moon will be illuminated, until it disappears into the morning twilight

Artemis I will send a rocket without a crew on a monthlong journey around the Moon. The program aims to increase women’s participation in space exploration – 30% of its engineers are women. In addition, the Artemis I mission will carry two mannequins designed to study the effects of radiation…