"This result marks a turning point: instead of just detecting these mysterious flashes, we can now see exactly where they're coming from." ...

For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser ...

Sir Francis Graham-Smith in 2007: he carried out much important work on pulsars - Science Photo Library Sir Francis Graham-Smith, the former Astronomer Royal, who has died aged 102, was a pioneer of ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space ...

Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

Sir Francis Graham-Smith in 2007: he carried out much important work on pulsars - Science Photo Library ...

Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the beginning of the universe? The short answer is "no." But the long answer ...