Observational astronomy also makes us appreciate the planet we have. Earth’s two nearest planets —- Venus and Mars —- are hardly hotbeds of habitability. In short, even if you're freezing ...

Welcome to the Observational Astronomy group. This research group is led by Professor Silas Laycock. We work on X-ray binaries, Accretion, Black Holes, mathematical modeling and theoretical ...

The observatory is located on the roof of the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Being up on the 7th floor, this provides a panoramic view of the night sky and is an ideal location for undertaking ...

The most powerful neutrino on record, with help from a deep-sea sensor, has provided the first evidence for high-energy ...

Findings from Brown University researchers, published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, provide astronomers with a new method to identify and filter out unwanted radio ...

Despite growing interest, astronomy remains an expensive hobby in Bangladesh, with telescopes being costly and light pollution in cities limiting observation ...

Astronomy is arguably the oldest science, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature — the first quasar, the first exoplanet, the nature of spiral nebulae, to name but a few of ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.