On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

Hongkongers looking at the morning sky on Wednesday may have thought they were witnessing a rare pink aurora – but it was ...

May 2025 marked a key milestone for UCL Chemistry: it is the end of the Age of Mercury. Gone are the thermometers, the ...

Astronomers captured the universe’s brightest, longest-lasting stellar explosions, where massive stars are torn apart by ...

A never-before-seen type of giant space explosion – the biggest bangs since the Big Bang – has been accidentally captured by the Gaia space telescope.

Galaxy clusters are among the largest structures in the universe, consisting of hundreds or thousands of galaxies.

TOI-6894 is roughly 240 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo and is the smallest-known star to host a large planet ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) newest planetary defender has opened its "eye" to the cosmos for the first time. The Flyeye ...

For the first time on record, monthly average CO2 levels exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm), according to experts at ...

In the heart of distant galaxies, astronomers have witnessed the most violent stellar death throes ever recorded.

Scientists believe if the Trump administration's proposed budget is approved, the Louisiana LIGO could be on the chopping ...

Space is growing emptier one star at a time. That's because 80 billion lightyears from Earth, three cosmic beasts are eating ...