Stargazers could spot a bright light in the sky on Monday night as the Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter occurs.

How to watch Jupiter and Saturn's Great Conjunction

The new map of the Milky Way could help shed light on how the galaxy came into existence and answer crucial questions about its future.

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Peak viewing is set to take place between midnight and 5.30am.

Scientists from the Breakthrough Listen project will spend more than two months searching for signals transmitted by alien civilisations.

Next week's lunar spectacle will see the Earth's moon appear almost a third brighter and 14 per cent bigger than an average full moon.

The asteroid was named after the iconic frontman to mark what would have been his 70th birthday.

A "supermoon" is to light up the night sky alongside this year's Perseid meteor shower, one of the most dramatic events of the year.