When Anastasios Tzanidakis was sifting through some older telescope observations, he stumbled across something that should ...

Astronomy is increasingly code-heavy and focused on in-house development. Given the huge amounts of data generated with every night of telescope observations, it is, unsurprisingly, one of the first ...

Prepare for the world’s largest and most spectacular astronomy and space expo! The Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) is back to mark its 35th anniversary in Suffern, New York, conveniently located 40 ...

Long-term observations of WOH G64 -- once considered the most extreme red supergiant star in its galaxy -- reveal that the ...

Scientists have identified a potential new type of planet that has a sulphurous atmosphere and magma oceans evocative of ...

A new temporary gallery celebrating space and the world of astronomy is opening at the National Maritime Museum this month, ...

This spring, there’ll be an extra star in our nighttime sky. It’s not one you’ll notice easily, but it’s certainly visible if you take the time to look.

Earth-size planet (HD 137010 b) found orbiting a nearby star once a year, making it a promising target for finding life.

Astronomers have detected an Earth-size planet candidate orbiting a nearby star once a year, making it a promising target for ...

With the help of an extremely powerful telescope deep underground in Japan, astronomers may be able to catch a glimpse of ...

A mysterious bow shock around the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838 is challenging astronomers’ understanding of how dead stars ...

Researchers have identified a potential mechanism that explains how turbulent plasma can produce the vast, ordered magnetic fields observed across the universe Cosmic magnetic fields are everywhere, ...