The number of astronomy lessons and activities is nearly as infinite as the cosmos themselves! April is Global Astronomy ...

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests. By Becky Ferreira Weeks before Europa Clipper was ...

Astronomy is arguably the oldest science, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature — the first quasar, the first exoplanet, the nature of spiral nebulae, to name but a few of ...

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Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies. By Dennis Overbye Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around ...

Scientists are reflecting on lessons learned with the completion of removal this summer of the Caltech telescope from the ...

Now in its 16th year, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition aims to highlight amateur space photographers from around the globe. This year's winning image was taken by Ryan Imperio ...

Asteroid Ryugu possibly did not travel as far from its place of origin to its current near-Earth orbit as previously assumed. New research published in the journal Science Advances suggests that ...

Astronomy Photographer of the Year, the annual photo competition showcasing all things space, is back. Ed Bloomer, senior astronomy manager at Royal Museums Greenwich, London, takes us on a tour ...

The overall winner of Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 is Ryan Imperio for his photograph, Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular ...

In her latest collection, Stellar Atmospheres, Australian poet Alicia Sometimes tackles weighty questions of astronomy and physics. For Sometimes, the stars speak to the human condition.

The phases of Venus, the Aurora Australis and the International Space Station transiting the Sun all feature as category winners in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Ryan Imperio ...