Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of astrophotography images ranging from solar prominences and auroras to ...

Ed Bloomer, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, examines how well science fiction films have predicted futures ...

THE Royal Observatory in Greenwich is undergoing a multi-million pound transformation. Work will start in September to ...

Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

Explore the jaw-dropping astro images shortlisted for this year's competition, and let's guess who might take home the ...

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has unveiled plans for a £77m renovation, due to complete in 2028.

There was also Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), which became visible to the naked eye during late summer and early autumn ...

And soon, a group of scientists can say they have. A UK-led space mission will see astronomers blot out the Sun by using a ...

Two spacecraft are currently directly observing the Sun: NASA's Parker Solar Probe (which will eventually approach to just 5% of the Earth-Sun distance), and ESA's Solar Orbiter, which is en route to ...

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...