After 350 years, the UK's first female Astronomer Royal has been appointed. Professor Michele Dougherty will act as an ...

Professor Michele Dougherty, the newly appointed Astronomer Royal, is best known for discoveries that have reshaped how ...

This paper provides concrete evidence that the expanding and accelerating Universe mathematically expressed by dark energy is ...

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Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the ...

What can dormant black holes teach astronomers about tidal disruption events (TDEs), which is the bright flash observed when a black hole consumes a star t | Space ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

Saturn, it's one of the most known planets by science. Its characteristics are so impactful that we remember as "the planet with the rings" but there is more.

The expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation, which promises to bring faster internet to remote corners of the ...

Two meteor showers —the Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids — reach their peaks this week. Here’s how to observe ...

The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids will peak together. At least 25 meteors per hour are expected, say ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...