There are 15 mysterious stone altars in Hogwarts Legacy that later reveal themselves to be Astronomy Tables. While you may come across them in the Highlands very early in your quest, you cannot use ...

SOHO has provided a high-quality, continuous record of the Sun and its atmosphere. Marking the thirtieth anniversary since SOHO’s launch, this Review highlights its legacy, shaping our understanding ...

New astronomical facilities, such as the under-construction Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and planned 30-meter-class telescopes, and new instrumentation on existing optical and infrared (OIR) ...

Why do galaxies look so different from one another? From beautiful blue spirals like our Milky Way to golden ellipticals like the Messier 87? ESA’s Euclid space telescope is beginning to answer this ...

David Eicher is one of the most widely recognized astronomy enthusiasts in the world. He has been with Astronomy magazine for more than 40 years, beginning as an assistant editor and working through ...

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star ventures too close to a supermassive black hole and is gravitationally torn apart by tidal forces. The resulting stellar debris forms an accretion disc ...

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst takes a selfie during an EVA outside the International Space Station in 2014. New research shows that when astronauts spend extended periods of time in space, their ...