You’ve likely heard both terms – astronomy and astrology – used when we talk about the sky, stars, and planets. But did you know they are not the same and are completely different sciences? In this ...

Astronomers are closing in on a result so statistically secure that, in their language, it borders on certainty: a 99.9999999 ...

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s development, known as the Cosmic Dawn.

Now in its eighth year, the 2016 instalment of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year has received a record number of more than 4,500 entries. coming from enthusiastic amateurs and professional ...

By studying faint distortions in galaxy shapes across a vast region of sky, scientists probed the hidden structure of the universe. In the standard picture of the universe, nearly everything is hidden ...

In a new study published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics, scientists have unveiled a new mapping of the universe’s ...

20:14, Mon, Jan 4, 2021 Updated: 20:14, Mon, Jan 4, 2021 The exact age of the Universe has been a fiercely debated topic in recent years thanks to cutting-edge developments in astronomy. Until ...

According to experts, the temperature of the Universe is around two million degrees Celsius. However, there are still massive inconsistencies which experts need to overcome when measuring the ...