The Perseid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday, offering up to 100 meteors an hour despite bright moonlight.

Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.

Astronomy: The origin of life probably begins in space and not on planets Until now, it was unclear whether the conditions around a nascent star were too extreme to allow the building blocks of ...

Breaking news, videos and photos on space and astronomy, including NASA, SpaceX, black holes, the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the International Space Station, the ...

A director within Papua New Guinea's newly formed NRL franchise stands down amid corruption concerns relating to business dealings at a state-owned oil company.

Each night’s presentation is different and created just for event attendees. From galaxies to deep-sky nebulae, this is your front-row seat to the universe.

A death-defying star survived destruction by a ravenous supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event, and came back to let the cosmic titan take another bite!

Papua New Guinea's NRL expansion team is in the spotlight following revelations that the man who was at the forefront of the sucessful bid… ...

Explosive allegations of corruption have seen influential PNG businessman Wapu Sonk stand down from the board of the new NRL franchise.

Dwingeloo 1, a barred spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away, is so obscured, it wasn't discovered until 1994.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the edge of the solar system, which could be bad news for Planet Nine theories.

Asteroid 4 Vesta stands near a background star in the evening sky, creating a temporary artificial double star to enjoy.