From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...

Now in its sixteenth year, the Astronomy Photographer of The Year 2024 competition is the highest profile in the world for ...

Many telescopes provide fantastic opportunities to view the night sky today. They come in many shapes and sizes, catering for a range of budgets, but whether you're a beginner looking for a ...

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 ...

It was mere decades ago that the idea of space tourism — not just for astronauts and scientific research but for recreation — was the stuff of science fiction. Today, space travel for the ...

The next day, the moon will occult Saturn, passing in front of it from our perspective. In astronomy, an occultation occurs when one celestial body passes in front of another, temporarily ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Radio astronomy is an active and rapidly expanding field due to advances in ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly, after NIST Related: Are the percentages of dark matter and dark energy stable? While the terms are often confused, the effects of dark energy and dark matter are ...

With its high-quality finish, the Celestron Omni XLT 120 boasts a professional mount that provides a smooth tour of the night sky, while its optical system offers stunning views of the solar system ...

The Practical Astronomy Handbooks are a series of astronomy manuals from Cambridge University Press that are designed for amateur and leisure astronomers who use telescopes. Each book in the series ...

Weeks before Europa Clipper was to be shipped for launch, scientists discovered a potentially fatal flaw that might endanger the spacecraft’s ability to study an ocean moon of Jupiter. By ...

Optical interferometry has been a long-proven science method that involves using several separate telescopes to act as one big telescope, thus achieving more accurate data as opposed to each ...