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SHING THROUGH THE DARKNESS • A newborn star duo light up their stellar nursery

Star swallows planet whole

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Supernova found in M101 • Explosion is the second star death to be observed in the galaxy in 15 years

Mini-Neptune could be surrounded by water • Planet is too hot for life, but gives clues to these common worlds

Water survives on rare main belt comet

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Largest cosmic explosion spotted • Three-year eruption is two trillion times brighter than the Sun

UK is first to detect supernova radio emissions

Building Magrathea • Worlds that orbit two white dwarfs could be relatively common

Looking at home from afar • Studying our cosmic neighbourhood from ‘outside’ is an eye-opener

The Sky at Night TV show, past, present and future INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT • June's episode of The Sky at Night looked at the booming UK spaceflight industry, but Andrew Lawrence warned of some of the consequences

Looking back: The Sky at Night 21 July 1984

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SCOPE DOCTOR • Our equipment specialist cures your optical ailments and technical maladies

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It's time that space had a female face • Equality for women will make a stronger space sector, says Gabriella Goddard

A year with JWST • To celebrate JWST's first year of operation, Jenny Winder takes a look at some of the landmark scientific discoveries it has made over the last 12 months

The first galaxies in the Universe • JWST's Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey spies on galaxies in their infancy

Gracefully growing galaxies • A burst of star formation drove the evolution of galaxies in the early Universe

Stars blowing bubbles • New insights into the complex feedback between stars and dust in a stellar nursery

Dissecting distant planetary atmospheres • The telescope is unpicking the chemical profiles of alien worlds

A fresh look at Jupiter • Infrared images give a new look to our Solar System's largest planet

Seeing THE SUN in white light • Pete Lawrence is your guide to making safe visual observations of our nearest star this summer

Location, location, location • How to work out the position of a photospheric feature on the solar disc

Summer Triangle treats • Stuart Atkinson uncovers the delights waiting to be viewed in one of summer's most familiar star patterns

The Sky Guide • JULY 2023

JULY HIGHLIGHTS • Your guide to the night Sky this month

NEED TO KNOW • The terms and symbols used in The Sky Guide

THE BIG THREE • The top sights to observe or image this month

THE PLANETS • Our celestial neighbourhood in July

THE NIGHT SKY – JULY • Explore the celestial sphere with our Northern Hemisphere all-sky chart

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