As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the ...

The driest place on Earth is the best place to observe the universe, with darkness offering dazzling spectacles of cosmic ...

Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...

The asteroid currently has about a 2 per cent chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032, according to NASA and the ...

While astronomers often set their sights on the stars, the landscapes surrounding their observatories can be just as ...

Comets are unpredictable, fleeting visitors in our sky, and C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was no exception. This January, it graced the ...

As we move into 2025, the field of space exploration is buzzing with exciting missions, new technologies, and a renewed focus ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of a new super-Earth, HD 20794 d, located just 20 light-years away. This ...

Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.