In a major scientific breakthrough, astronomers have unveiled the first photo of a black hole – on...

A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility tha...

The Gaia space probe, launched in 2013, has mapped more than a billion stars in the Milky Way, vastl...

A transit of Mercury over the disc of the sun will take place in the afternoon of May 9 and will be ...

Indian astronomers have discovered an extremely rare radio galaxy - a giant, with an extent of a who...

Astronomers have spotted 11 runaway galaxies that have been flung out of their birthplaces to wander...

Astronomers have identified the closest known flyby of a star that passed our solar system at a dist...

Astronomers have discovered large quantities of organic molecules at the centre of the Milky Way tha...

A team of international astronomers has spotted a celestial object which at present is as cool as a ...