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A close-up shot of a small, white and blue rover on the simulated lunar surface in a low-light environment. The rover has six wheels, a large sensor head on top, and a compact body.

This robot camera looks like a PIXAR character and is ready to photograph the moon

By Tom May published

news Meet LRU1: the adorable lunar rover with a multispectral stereo camera head that's helping scientists hunt for ice

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Night photograph of the Milky Way galaxy arcing above the decaying structure of the West Pier in Brighton, with the sea blurred from a long exposure and a pebble beach in the foreground.

Despite heavy light pollution, this Nikon D780 and Tamron 24-70mm photo captures the Milky Way in astonishing detail

By Tom May published

Michael Steven Harris earned People's Choice at the British Photography Awards for this stacked, long-exposure image

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Mockups of three space telescopes

Scientists are designing a new camera that could detect alien life

By Tom May published

News UK teams are helping NASA develop imaging tech for a mission that will hunt for alien planets beyond Earth.

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The Northern Lights dance over a lake with a faint orange from the sunset on the horizon

Grab your camera – the aurora forecast has just been upgraded to a strong KP7 that could be seen across several states TONIGHT

By Hillary K. Grigonis last updated

AURORA ALERT Solar activity could bring potential aurora opportunities overnight on November 11 and into the early morning hours of November 12

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Shooting the Northern Lights in Canada with an Insta360 X5 360 camera

Are 360-degree cameras useful for astrophotography? I took one on a hunt for the Northern Lights to find out

By Jamie Carter published

The “shoot first, edit later” philosophy behind 360-degree cameras should, in theory, make them ideal for imaging the night sky. Here’s how the Insta360 X5 performed in Churchill, Canada

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Crescent moon seen through branches of tree that appear to look like a giant eye with the moon as its pupil

Astrophotography guide to November 2025: what to shoot in the night sky this month

By Jamie Carter published

astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this coming month

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PEDRAFORCA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 24: The comet C/2019 U6 (Lemmon), discovered on October 31, 2019, from the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, streaks across the night sky behind Pedraforca mountain in the Bergueda region in Spain on October 24, 2025. The comet, composed mainly of ice and dust, was named after the observatory where it was first detected, part of the Catalina Sky Survey program dedicated to tracking near-Earth objects. Pedraforca, located within the Cadi-Moixero Natural Park, is one of Spain's most iconic mountains, recognized for its distinctive double peak and symbolic importance to Catalan mountaineering. (Photo by Lorena Sopena/Anadolu via Getty Images)

This stunning photo of Comet Lemmon was taken on Friday and there’s still time for you to see it before it disappears for 1,300 years!

By Mike Harris published

Feature There’s still enough time to photograph the most photogenic comet of the year, but once it’s gone, you won’t see it again

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The Milky Way hangs in the night sky as the Perseid meteor shower performs above Woodland Park and Pike National Forest in Colorado

Astrophotography guide to October 2025: what to shoot in the night sky this month

By Jamie Carter published

astrophotography Get set for a supermoon and meteor showers: everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this coming month

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Photographer with tripod watching the green Aurora Borealis sitting in the snow, Honningsvag, Nordkapp, Troms og Finnmark, Norway

If you’ve dreamed of photographing an aurora, tonight could be your chance

By Mike Harris published

News Forecasts report that 18 states in the USA and a significant portion of the UK could witness an aurora over the coming nights

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Partial solar eclipse at sunset, Montreal, Canada, in 2022

Astrophotography guide to September 2025: what to shoot in the night sky this month

By Jamie Carter published

astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this coming month

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