The Royal Observatory Greenwich has narrowed the search for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year. The winners will be announced on September 17.

Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities ...

A team of astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has observed an extremely rare "wandering" black hole located tens of thousands of light-years from the center of its galaxy.

A distant 'exomoon' the size of Jupiter is changing how we think about the cosmos.

"We believe that the mechanism that 'turns on' these gigantic radio emissions is linked to the formation process of galaxy ...

Nasa is about to launch a space observatory that could help settle some of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy. The ...

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist features eclipses, nebulae, aurorae and Milky Way images ahead of the September winners announcement.

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 26: Juno at opposition The ringed planet ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) has completed observations for the Very ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 17: The Moon skims south of Venus Comet ...

Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When neutron stars collide, they create ripples in the fabric of space and time in ...

The pictures, on the competition's shortlist, reveal the remarkable celestial objects that lie above our heads, both in deep space and closer to home ...