As East Lancashire awaits the arrival of the planetary alignment, four sites in Pennine Lancashire have been identified as the best places to ...

As East Lancashire awaits the arrival of the planetary alignment, four sites in Pennine Lancashire have been identified as the best places to ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

Noctourism, or nighttime tourism, is on the rise. For stunning dark skies, fascinating wildlife, and more, head to one of ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Astrophotographers use sophisticated imaging technology to take and edit photographs that bring us the cosmos with startling ...

Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...

Astronomers completed a 10-year project to assemble a complete portrait of the Andromeda galaxy. The result is a detailed panoramic image, the most comprehensive view of the galaxy ever captured.

Our night sky is a thrilling window into the cosmos – and learning what’s up there doesn’t have to be complicated ...

Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...

The stars in the sky always felt like home to me, and I could see them when I went out at night or when I closed my eyes. These stars were not just white lights, they were brightly coloured - reds, ...