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Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer scrutiny ...

A violent stellar disruption recorded in 2024 has given astronomers their most comprehensive evidence yet of a black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime around itself.

There's no shortage of stunning scenery and daytime activities in the Lakes. Now, an observatory is offering stellar nocturnal events too ...

Patient watchers should wrap up warm to witness one of nature's subtler events on night of 22 to 23 December ...

As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS swept past Earth on 19 December 2025, viral theories claimed cosmic indifference or alien intent. Here is what happened and why astronomers were watching so closely.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a planet so close to its star that it's stretched into the shape of a lemon.

The commercialisation of the cosmos is already underway, and our current laws aren't fit for purpose ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare "failed star" by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, the OASIS survey tracked subtle stellar ...

The woman behind the viral Coldplay kiss cam moment reveals a "couple of High Noons" led to her career-ending scandal and fires back at celebrity involvement in the aftermath.

Researchers attempted to quantify the risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit by coming up with an alarming new metric.