Astronomers are now confident the Event Horizon Telescope can help them decode elusive origins of black hole jets.

Galileo Galilei's telescopic discovery of Jupiter's four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric ...

Scientists have finally decoded the mystery behind a whitish, grey patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside ...

The powerful, Tucson-born infrared eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope have notched another record for long-range viewing: the largest number of individual stars ever detected in the distant ...

One of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize, the Queen offers observers many worthy sights.

Two Durham scientists whose work helps us to understand the Universe and our own planet are being recognised by one of the UK ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester are celebrating after receiving two prestigious awards from the Royal ...

Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.

Researchers have unveiled a cosmic cycle where carbon, created in the explosions of stars, travels through space via a ...

Chile's Atacama Desert is home to some of the best Earth-based observatories, though an energy company is throwing a wrench ...

In 2025, keep an eye on the Southern Cross (known as Crux to astronomers) and Sagittarius (the archer). The Southern Cross is ...

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has ...