Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

Sep. 13, 2024 — Physicists propose that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how ...

Astronomy is arguably the oldest science, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature — the first quasar, the first exoplanet, the nature of spiral nebulae, to name but a few of ...

Many included elaborate drawings of figures overlaying the stars, and different sources gave different delineations. The growing complexity of astronomy, however, demanded more accuracy ...

Now in its 16th year, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition aims to highlight amateur space photographers from around the globe. This year's winning image was taken by Ryan Imperio ...

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The results are ...

Here, artist Ruth Watson explains how making art – photography, video, sculpture and installations – led her to cartography ...

Sirius—as that wonderful aid to physical astronomy, the spectroscope ... in the course of his attempts to arrive at exactness in the drawings of distant objects, by the aid at one time of ...

In galaxies far, far away…we’ve discovered so much since the turn of the century. Here's a look at some of the greatest ...

The phases of Venus, the Aurora Australis and the International Space Station transiting the Sun all feature as category winners in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Ryan Imperio ...

You should consider picking up one of the best headlamps for astronomy and stargazing if you often find yourselves outdoors and staring up into the night sky. They can also be a really worthwhile ...