Nearly 2½ centuries ago, in December 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was scanning his telescope through the skies over ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third of its kind ever detected, is speeding away from the Sun. Here's how to watch its ...

An exoplanet completely or densely covered by clouds could aid astronomers in their search for signs of life beyond Earth. Cloudy skies may spoil a picnic or block a view of the stars through a ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

There's no better time than now to embrace the majesty of the night sky to begin a lifelong journey with amateur astronomy ...

Silverman, Leah. "Astronomers Just Created The Most Detailed 3D-Map Of Our Galaxy Yet." AllThatsInteresting.com, November 14, ...

From microscopes to geodes, New Scientist staff share their top Christmas present ideas in a gift guide unlike any you’ve seen before ...

The discovery indicates how galaxies could have grown quickly when the universe was very young, solving a long-standing ...

A newly discovered comet named C/2025 V1, which some have compared to 3I/ATLAS, is due to make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

The James Webb Space Telescope was built with a flaw, and because it's a million miles away, we can't repair it, but we can ...

This year, on 10 November, it is World Science Day for Peace and Development. SALT has had considerable social benefits for ...