Changed perspective

Astronomers evolve new techniques to measure distance of far-off objects

New heavenly body

Astronomers discover a tiny moon

Eating them alive

Almost 8 per cent of the stars in the universe have literally gobbled up planets

How old is the universe?

...or how young?

Catch a falling star

What on Earth are comets? And why do they behave whimsically like they do?

Planet X

On starry nights

Cosmic fireworks

Astronomical distances

Hoary tales

Extraterrestrial observations

The Hubble Telescope helps bring quasars closer

Aurora in the air

Of formation formats

Tiniest of the lot

Sunny sights

The brightest star

Galactic census

There are 125 billion galaxies in the Universe

Magnetic neighbours

Mars once had a magnetic field as strong as the Earth

Bytes

Planet X

Incorrect data spurred on the discovery of Pluto

Antarctica turns gallery for artists

Gaseous core

This ancient Universe

The Hubble Space Telescope detects some of the oldest galaxies in the Universe

Not that hungry

The Universe's early days