Mars may not have always been the dry and dusty world we imagine. A staggering network of ancient riverbeds, spanning over 15 ...

The M-MATISSE project, which stands for Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather SciencE, began in 2021, ...

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...

Six years ago, a Dutch-led telescope on the Chinese Chang’e-4 demonstrated that it is possible to do radio astronomy from ...

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Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

The shortlist for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 features 30 photographs selected from more than 5,800 global ...

A powerful and mysterious blast of radio waves that astronomers believed was a fast radio burst (FRB) from far beyond the ...

Women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in astronomy and geophysics despite attempts to bring about change over the ...

Putting his admiration for both music and astronomy at the forefront of his work, the Griffin Academy astrophysics and ...

Tributes have been paid to a "towering figure in British astronomy" who has died aged 102. Sir Francis Graham-Smith was ...