Today in the history of astronomy, satellites Vela 3 and 4 make the first detection of gamma-ray bursts.

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

The curious minds at Aperture compress the grand narrative of the cosmos into a 10-minute journey through space and time.

A bronze compass, possibly used by one of history’s greatest astronomers, was recently uncovered during an archaeological dig ...

SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket on June 4, 2010. Since then it has gone through five major revisions, leading to ...

Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the early universe and uncover the ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Almost a thousand of the world’s top space scientists will visit Durham University next week (7 to 11 July) as we host the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025. NAM is the flagship annual event ...

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a ...

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler runs a detective story at the Grand Canyon to recreate a famous photo of Neil ...

Almost a thousand of the world's top space scientists will visit Durham University next week (7 to 11 July) as we host the UK's National Astronomy ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...