Astronomy News

On September 13, Venus will be visible shining brightly beside the crescent moon at sunset, offering a skywatching opportunity. This celestial event precedes a

Catherine Heymans, Scotland's Astronomer Royal, explores black holes, dark matter, stars, and galaxies in her new book, "How to Design a Universe," aiming to ex

New research suggests the Sun may have swallowed a super-Earth planet billions of years ago, potentially explaining discrepancies in solar models and the Sun's

A new study suggests that the planet Mercury may be shrinking 30% faster than previous estimates indicated.

New research indicates that Mercury is shrinking 10% to 30% faster than previously estimated, having lost nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) of its total diameter

Astronomers using ALMA discovered two stars that formed a binary system just 60 years ago, challenging previous assumptions about binary star formation.

NASA's newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with an advanced coronagraph, will directly image exoplanets by blocking starlight to reveal o

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of N44, a photogenic nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which features a vast central 'superbubble' created b

नैन्सी ग्रेस रोमन, जिन्हें 'हबल की जननी' कहा जाता है, ने नासा की पहली मुख्य खगोलशास्त्री के रूप में एक अग्रणी कार्यक्रम का नेतृत्व किया और खगोल विज्ञान के एक नए

Astronomers have completed the largest map of space to date, a 5.6 trillion-pixel map covering about 75 percent of the sky and containing approximately 4 billio

This week, early risers can observe a waning crescent moon approaching Jupiter, with Mars also visible nearby, leading up to a conjunction where the moon will p

Astronomers have discovered an atmosphere on a nearby Earthlike planet, marking the first potentially habitable world known to possess an atmosphere and making

NASA observations of the Tarantula Nebula reveal fewer young stars and diminished X-ray gas activity than expected, suggesting hot gas is escaping through shell

Scientists have discovered an atmosphere around an Earth-like exoplanet, LHS 1140b, located 49 light-years away, which could potentially host liquid water on it

Many in Scotland are expected to miss the current solar eclipse due to cloud cover, but there will be another opportunity to view a solar eclipse in 2027.

The Perseid meteor shower is peaking tonight under ideal dark sky conditions due to the new moon, offering up to 100 meteors per hour. Viewers can expect the be

Astronomers have discovered a planet remarkably similar to Earth, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life. Researchers d

Astronomers are preparing to use the new Roman Space Telescope to search the Milky Way galaxy for potentially habitable alien moons, similar to the fictional Pa

Astronomers have observed a centaur named 450P/LONEOS transforming into a comet 3 billion miles away, providing a crucial link in understanding the evolution of

A new instrument called MOONS, developed by a team led from Scotland, has begun operations at the Very Large Telescope in Chile, aiming to uncover secrets of th

Scientists may have potentially detected dark matter for the first time through a single particle interaction, marking a significant development in dark matter

Scientists have reported the most convincing evidence to date for a dark matter particle, following a strange interaction recorded by an underground detector th

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has tracked a newly discovered giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn's south pole, marking the first time s

NASA's Roman telescope is highlighted for its potential to drive discovery through the convergence of instruments, ideas, and people, extending beyond its prima