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Against the Islamic State group has been killed in northern syria. Also in the next hour. More than two hours are wasted per day in nhs operating theatres, because of inefficiencies. A new study finds hundred of thousands more non Emergency Operations could be carried out every year in england, if operating schedules were better organised. Xijinping consolidates his control of china as the communist party enshrines his name and ideology into its constitution. And a collection of portraits by the...

Humanity has been creating detailed maps of the Moon since the invention of telescopes in 17th century, with Polish astronomer Jan Hevelius credited with the first-ever atlas of the Earth satellite. The USSR advanced our knowledge of the Moon dramatically by snapping its far side with a probe in the 1950s. Now, China has taken up the mantle.

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, the biggest planetary probe everwill look for evidence of an environment that could support life on Jupiter’s Europa moon.

Located about 2.5 million light-years from our solar system, Andromeda is the most distant object visible to the naked eye.

Located at a distance of 2.5 million light-years, the Andromeda Galaxy is readily visible to the unaided eye on dark, clear nights. Heres where you should look this week.

Located at a distance of 2.5 million light-years, the Andromeda Galaxy is readily visible to the unaided eye on dark, clear nights. Here's where you should look this week.

If you’re a skywatcher intrepid enough to brave these cold December nights, then you already know that this often lonely pursuit is quite bracing, yet truly inspiring. Heading outside into the evening air, one of the first things you’ll notice is magnitude −2.66 Jupiter shining more than 60 degrees above the southeastern horizon. Coming off […]

As Jupiter reaches its bright annual opposition this week, learn about The Galilean Suite, a major new classical work from composer Dave Dexter that explores the giant planets characterful moons Io, Callisto, Ganymede and Europa.

A space mission due to launch in the 2030s with the intention of studying how the universe was created, will have significant input from experts at…

Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto harbor potential subsurface oceans — and life. Soon, JUICE will show them as never before.