The seventh Starmus Festival took place May 12–17 in Bratislava, Slovakia, and was a smashing success all the way around. Starmus stands for stars and music, and this celebration has grown into the ...

This will be my last column for The Dispatch. I will be moving to a new job after more than 30 years as a university professor. Today’s topic is what interests me the most in the field of cosmology.

The Maunakea Stewardship Oversight Authority (MKSOA), established in 2022, is transitioning management of Mauna Kea from the University of Hawaii, commencing a five-year process concluding in 2028.

Over the course of billions of years, the universe has steadily been evolving. Thanks to the expansion of the universe, we ...

Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets ...

"I left the Naro Space Center at 4:30 a.m. and came to the office for a meeting without getting any proper sleep. It feels ...

Sir Francis Graham-Smith in 2007: he carried out much important work on pulsars - Science Photo Library Sir Francis Graham-Smith, the former Astronomer Royal, who has died aged 102, was a pioneer of ...

Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, ...