Latest astronomy News

Excitement Mounts As New Telescope Nears First Light
Pulling Strings: New Method Maps Exoplanet’s True Shape
IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space
CSIRO Technology Honoured In New Australian Coin Series
First Detection Of Heavy Methanol In Space
Controlling gold nanoparticle growth through peptide localization
Astronomers produce the first complete picture of (gas) planet formation in action
Light pollution’s ‘transformation of night’ requires prompt action
Picturing the invisible – a beautiful collision of science and art
World-leading radio telescopes give space for stunning wildflowers
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planets
Do you need to worry about the Sun turning into a black hole?
New Galactic Simulations Narrow Hunt For Dark Matter
NASA Telescope Gives Hidden Exoplanets Chance To Shine
NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors
Growing support for Jodrell Bank from across science, culture and public life
The universe is full of strange ‘little red dots’. A new study shines light on their real nature
Gamma-ray jet scans extragalactic background light in the universe
Galactic archaeologists find stars in the Milky Way came from another galaxy 12 billion years ago
Radio telescopes help scientists map molecules in space and uncover where and how stars form
The death of dark energy is a false alarm – the universe is still accelerating
We might soon have the technology to reach other star systems
Dementia. Computer coding. Knitting the gut-brain connection. 60 years of health research in a retro caravan
Black Hole “Blast” Reaches 300,000 Light Years
Kingaroy Observatory warns airport workers’ camp could force closure
Nasa’s new space telescope will tackle some of the universe’s biggest mysteries
Rutherford descendants donate historic barony scroll to The University of Manchester
Wild investment potential as CLP unlocks tourism opportunities in Territory parks
MPAC commissions connect artists with Monash research to spark bold new performance
Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the Sun?
How to create the blackest black ever known – from nature to nanotechnology
What makes a star a star? A strange ‘in-between’ celestial object is testing astronomers’ boundaries
International team sheds light on how planet survived its star’s death
Rubin Observatory begins landmark 10-year timelapse of night sky
A cataclysmic collision in space provides new clues on astronomy’s biggest stalemate
University of Manchester researcher secures ERC Advanced Grant for atomic-scale nanotechnology
New publication showcases survival and resilience of Indigenous cultural knowledge
​​Most detailed map of the Universe’s hidden magnetic fields released
See a new map of the universe’s magnetic fields – the largest and most detailed ever made
Mysterious signals keep coming from space. We have found their ‘Rosetta stone’
Scientists find the Universe has multiple ways of manufacturing black holes
Study of coral surface behaviour offers new tools to understand the physics underlying infertility and ovarian cancer
Scientists find the Universe has multiple ways of manufacturing black holes
Twinkling Pulsar Reveals Invisible Structures In Space
Next-generation telescope science highlighted at April workshop
How Solar Prominences Form
Cirrus clouds made of water ice may surround a Jupiter-like exoplanet
Black hole jets ‘dance’ in the wind from a massive companion star