The Discussion:

• Can you help out the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory?
• Combining sports & astronomy
• The hive mind responds to the new audio anomaly

The News: Rounding up the astronomy news in July, we have:

• Hubble in trouble
• Incredible new images of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
• A glimpse of the first ever stars
• Cosmic twisters
• The biggest comet ever seen comes barreling into the solar system

The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Aquila with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in July.

Q&A: How does Europa have a salty ocean & how do we know?? From our good friend @AlistairFrith on Twitter.