This Celestron Astromaster 130EQ is seriously discounted for Prime Day, perfect for moongazing or viewing this month's stunning Orionid meteor shower.

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

In the test, a flat, square mirror roughly 2.5 metres across directs a beam of light down to solar panels and sensors. In one ...

Just as you bounce sunlight off a watch face into a light spot, Reflect Orbital’s satellites would use mirrors to beam light onto Earth.

It started, as many cosmic enigmas do, with a dim dot of light on a Hubble Space Telescope photo the sort that professional astronomers are used to seeing, but never expect to upend discussion of the ...

For the first time, the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk around a planet has been revealed. The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that ...

Scientists imaged the heart of the OJ 287 galaxy, uncovering a curved plasma jet around what appears to be two merging ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly ...