Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds. Halley's comet bears the name of the astronomer who famously first described its ...

"Looking out into the universe is uniquely allowing us to look back in time and piece together this beautiful cosmic story ...

Steve Hawley, who flew five Space Shuttle missions, and Krista Schaffer, a first-grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe ...

Astronomers at The University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new cosmic object that is much ...

The invisible stuff makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, but researchers know little about it ...

In its first moments, the infant universe was a trillion-degree-hot soup of quarks and gluons. These elementary particles ...

Stargazing events are set to light up the night sky at Howsham Hall, a Grade I listed manor house, next month.

The September 2025 issue featured "A guide to beginner's guides," a reminiscence and description of some the books for astronomy beginners that Contributing Editor Raymond Shubinski recommends or ...

This article has been updated to clarify Mark Laurin statements. Frisco Elementary School hosted a family stargazing event ...

In a scientific first, astronomers have witnessed two objects violently colliding in space, the impact generating a dusty debris cloud reminiscent of cosmic fireworks. The collision occurred 25 ...