Look up this weekend in France for peak of shooting star display Annual Lyrids meteor shower will be at full force Sunday night
Rare comet will be visible in French sky again tonight The ‘Devil’s comet’ will shine bright on Friday night and potentially for rest of the month
If clouds allow look up tonight for shooting star show over France The Quadrantid shower reaches its climax with up to 200 visible meteors per hour
news Look up to see up to 80 shooting stars an hour from tonight in France What you should see is the Geminids meteor shower
Call for astronomy fans to help French scientists with comet tracking Comet Hartley 2 will pass closer to the Earth and Sun over the next month
Look up tonight in France for rare 'blue' supermoon Two rare phenomena will occur at once, for the last time until 2037. Here is how to get the best view
Great balls of fire: How to watch the Perseids in France this weekend The ‘shooting stars’ will hit their peak in the night sky this Saturday, August 12
French stargazing festival raises awareness of light pollution threat The ‘Nuits des Étoiles’ events run from August 11 to 13 - an expert tells us why we must protect our night skies for biodiversity
Space: Mysterious ‘streak’ of light seen in night sky over France The line in the sky was particularly visible from Marseille and Toulouse, with an astrophysicist calling it ‘quite spectacular’
Watch: ‘Shooting star’ meteor lights up Paris and Rouen skies The accurate prediction of the bright meteor has also been hailed as a sign of ‘major progress’ in asteroid detection capabilities
Another storm warning in south and shooting stars over France tonight Drôme is under an orange alert for heavy rain and flooding. Despite the stormy weather, temperatures are expected to remain warm
‘Enchanted’, ‘amazing’: Your memories of the Perseids shooting stars The meteor shower will be visible on clear nights above France until August 25, so stargazing is still possible
Look up to the French skies tonight for the last super moon of 2022 The Full Sturgeon Super Moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual and will be most impressive at 03:36 tomorrow morning
Nuits des étoiles: stargazing events across France this weekend There are 476 workshops and telescope sessions taking place in 335 French communes, enabling astronomy lovers to learn more about our universe What’s coming up the week of August 2 in France? Look up tonight in France to see the April Lyrids shooting stars Earthshine: Rare lunar event to look out for from France this evening
Will I be able to see August’s shooting stars from my area of France? The radiant Perseid meteor shower appears in night skies every year from mid-July until the end of August, but is most easily visible in the next few days Star-gazing events organised across France August 6-8 despite clouds Partial eclipse of the Sun visible in France today: How to watch Another Sahara sand episode forecast in south of France today Scientists ask help to find meteorite in south west France Jupiter and Saturn alignment to be visible from France
Heads up: Shooting stars over France tonight at Geminid peak Good news for stargazers: Hundreds of meteors will be visible tonight - weather permitting - as the ‘bold, white and quick’ Geminid shower peaks between around 01:00 and 02:00
Shooting stars to be especially visible tonight in France Stargazers, look up: Tonight and tomorrow (August 12 and 13) are set to be two of the best nights to see shooting stars clearly in France, as the Perseid meteor season continues in earnest.
France to see ‘perfect skies’ for stargazing this weekend Good news for stargazers: Hundreds of free events are taking place around France this weekend as perfect conditions will allow a clear view of the night sky over the annual Nuits des Étoiles event starting August 7.
Meteors and comet offer twin treat for skygazers in France Look to the skies to see comet NEOWISE before it vanishes from view for nearly 7,000 years, as well as the peak of one meteor shower and the beginning of another
Catch a falling star in France’s skies It was a bright fireball in the sky that lasted only seconds but a network of cameras caught the flash.
Night sky lights over France are SpaceX satellites A line of lights in the sky that were visible from France on Christmas Day were “Starlink” satellites put into orbit by SpaceX, and are set to show up again tonight (Friday January 3), it has been confirmed.
Best sites in France to watch the stars this weekend Astronomy experts have recommended seven sites across France from which skygazers should watch the annual “Night of Stars” event, which is set for this weekend (Friday August 2 to Sunday August 4).
How to be a space tourist...on terra firma Keen to explore France’s long history of space exploration, intrepid Samantha David visits Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse
Stellar journey: France’s place in the space race With a film about the moon landings and lunar anniversaries coming up, Samantha David examines France’s space-bound history and talks exclusively to its only female astronaut
Things looking up for summer French sky viewings With a glimpse of Venus, a partial solar eclipse and meteor showers, there is lots to see in France this year, says Samantha David