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Our top tips on stargazing with kids, including how to get children interested in astronomy and observing the night sky.

The Milky Way is on fabulous display as the Moon clears out of the evening sky, while the Moon passes close to the Pleiades in our weekly stargazing guide.

The comet won’t return for over 400 years, and tomorrow morning is your best chance to witness this celestial spectacle in our lifetime.

Nishimura (2023 P1), a comet discovered just last month, is set to make its nearest approach to Earth in the next 400 years during tomorrow’s predawn sky.

Augmented reality, different from virtual reality, allows you to interact with the world around you, and some AR iPhone apps can improve certain activities.

Professor Brad Gibson, an astrophysicist at the University of Hull, said such comet sightings only come round once a decade on average and that for many people Nishimura presented a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity".

Comet Nishimura can already been seen after sunset and before dawn but will pass closest to Earth next week, according to astronomers.

The brightness of comet Nishimura has increased since its discovery several weeks ago, leading to hopes that it’ll soon be visible to the unaided eye.

Your smartphone camera might have even more features than you think. Here are some of our favorite hidden features in your camera and how to access them.

One look at a light pollution map Dark Sky Map can be pretty upsetting. Whole swaths of the earth, especially in North America, Europe and Asia have basically erased the night sky.