In what is the first discovery of an Einstein zig-zag lens in the universe, a team of international astronomers have sighted ...

While the black hole is small relative to its galaxy, it appears to have a profound influence on the shape of the galaxy.

How the universe got its large magnetic fields has remained one of the stickiest outstanding problems in astrophysics. Now, ...

Magnetic fields are everywhere in the universe. Of course, there's Earth's magnetic field, which deflects dangerous cosmic ...

A group of international astronomers have discovered three mysterious, ultra-massive galaxies in the early universe. The ...

Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and every day astronomers turn up new surprises. In this gallery, we take a look at ...

A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, ...

This weekend brings a chance to view November’s full moon, 2024’s last supermoon, followed by the Leonid meteor shower that’s ...

Dr Darren Baskill, physics and astronomy lecturer at the University of Sussex, said the Beaver Moon tonight would look like “any other full moon”, but as winter approaches, full moons are higher in ...

A spectacular supermoon has been spotted across parts of the UK in what is the last time to see the phenomenon this year.

With the help of a three-dimensional map of stars near the sun, astronomers can search for alien planets that might hold life. The map was created by NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, which has ...