Bepi Colombo is on its way to Mercury. Meanwhile, the Hayabusa 2 mission continues its exploration of the asteroid Ryugu, while the Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running again. What that means for the telescope?

Vulcans, Dust Storms, and Water on Mars. Check out the latest story about 40 Eridani A a with @chrisenorth from @cardiffphysx at #365DaysOfAstro

NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, a mission to explore the Sun’s corona, or atmosphere. Professor Lucie Green, from MSSL, explains how the mission will explore how the sun drives the solar wind.

Jupiter has got even more moons than previously thought, with its total haul now coming in at 79! @chrisenorth & @zemogle discuss why the new moons are odd.

This month has seen missions large and small launch towards Mars, and new results from the Gaia satellite.

April saw Liverpool host the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, from which there were a many new developments and discoveries, a few of which Chris North and Edward  Gomez discuss this month.