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The best meteor shower of the year is about to grace our skies

This December is your chance to witness one of the best meteor showers of 2018 – the Geminids.

Stars for sale, but no, you can’t really buy an official star name to remember someone.

2017 is looking to be a spectacular year for meteor showers. So here’s what to look out for in both the northern and southern skies.

Tonight, the Moon will be closer to Earth than it has been in 68 years.

An unusually high number of shooting stars expected for this year’s Perseid meteor shower: “the further north you are the better”.

Everything you need to know about spotting all five bright planets next month.

Stay up late or set your alarms; the Delta Aquarid meteor shower is sending shooting stars across the twilight sky this month.

Amateur and professional astronomers in the Northern Hemisphere are preparing for a rare ‘transit of Mercury’ on 9 May.

Earth is about to make its annual pass through the tail of Halley’s Comet.

For scientists and star-gazers.