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Oct. 1, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to our Sun. On this newly discovered exoplanet, which has at least half the mass of Venus ...

Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies. By Dennis Overbye Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around ...

Astronomy is arguably the oldest science, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature — the first quasar, the first exoplanet, the nature of spiral nebulae, to name but a few of ...

The best telescopes for beginners are a great place to start your astronomy journey — they're easy to set up and full of great features. The best telescopes for beginners are a great place to ...

The best laptops for astronomy can connect to your telescope and support software to edit astrophotographs. We've rounded up our top picks at a range of prices. With the best laptops for astronomy ...

The overall winner of Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 is Ryan Imperio for his photograph, Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular ...

The phases of Venus, the Aurora Australis and the International Space Station transiting the Sun all feature as category winners in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Ryan Imperio ...

Astronomy Photographer of the Year, the annual photo competition showcasing all things space, is back. Ed Bloomer, senior astronomy manager at Royal Museums Greenwich, London, takes us on a tour ...

Now in its 16th year, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition aims to highlight amateur space photographers from around the globe. This year's winning image was taken by Ryan Imperio ...

Need some space? The Astronomy Photographer of The Year 2024 exhibition opens at the National Maritime Museum in London on Saturday, September 14. The winning images will be displayed, with pride ...