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Stargazing Challenges - May 2026

• 19th Apr 2026
• Author: Dhara Patel

Get ready for our stargazing challenges in May 2026 - can you spot them all?

• The Solar System
• UK in Space
• Astronomy
• Robotic Missions

Planet Parade

• 30th Mar 2026
• Author: Team Discovery and Leigh Fletcher (Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester)

Find out how the University of Leicester have been involved in planetary missions for decades and explore our Solar System's planets this spring with the Planet Parade in Leicester.

• Astronomy
• The Solar System

Stargazing Challenges - April 2026

• 20th Mar 2026
• Author: Dhara Patel

Take on our three stargazing challenges for April 2026 to see if you can spot some celestial highlights.

• Astronomy
• The Solar System

How to Name the Solar System

• 26th Feb 2026
• Author: Ed Kellond-Turner

So you've found a new celestial object in the Solar System. Congratulations! Now you just have to name it. Unfortunately, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) stands in your way, and they have a few rules about what objects in the Solar System can be called...

• Astronomy
• The Solar System

Stargazing Challenges - March 2026

• 16th Feb 2026
• Author: Dhara Patel

Are you up for the challenge? See if you can spot our three stargazing highlights for March 2026.

• Space and popular culture
• Commercial Spaceflight
• Human Spaceflight
• Deep Space
• The Solar System

Artemis: Returning Humans to the Moon

• 28th Jan 2026
• Author: Ed Kellond-Turner

It's a very exciting time to be a space fan right now. For the first time in over 50 years, NASA are sending humans back to the Moon with the Artemis Program. But what does NASA have planned? Who is Artemis? And what does Shaun the Sheep have to do with all this?

• Astronomy
• The Solar System

Stargazing Challenges - February 2026

• 19th Jan 2026
• Author: Dhara Patel

Give our February 2026 stargazing challenge a try and see what you can spot!

• Astronomy
• The Solar System

Stargazing Challenges - January 2026

• 18th Dec 2025
• Author: Dhara Patel

Have a go at our stargazing challenges over January 2026.

• Astronomy
• The Solar System

Quadrantid Meteor Shower

• 16th Dec 2025
• Author: Team Discovery (edited: Dhara Patel)

In 2026, the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on the night of 3-4 January with up to 80 meteors per hour.

• Astronomy
• The Solar System

Ursid Meteor Shower

• 28th Nov 2025
• Author: Team Discovery (edited: Dhara Patel)

In December, the Ursid meteor shower 2025 peaks on the night of 22-23 December with up to 10 meteors an hour.