Scientists are still trying to understand how galaxies formed and evolved from primordial gas clouds into the organized ...

Scientists aren't sure whether Earth will be fully swallowed by the Sun, or merely burned to a crisp. Which sounds better to ...

Researchers from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made significant ...

The universe will not last forever. In fact, scientists have revealed that its lifespan is almost half over already.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once penned the words “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe ...

Around seven asteroids or comets are though to hit Saturn ever year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it seems ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out during the evening of July 7 and observe the pretty bright Moon passing Antares, also known as Alpha Scorpii. Look sharp, ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

A new book examines the story of the Traveller: a teacher, gamekeeper, guardian and practical guide for wayfinding in the ...

While thinking of space as one big rubbish tip isn’t nice, one perk of all this cosmic filth is meteor showers, which light ...

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) at the University of Sharjah (UoS), through the Sharjah Astronomical Observatory (SAO), has successfully observed one of the ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...