Astronomy from the far side

From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe

In the 17th century, the great maritime nations were vying to solve a puzzle that had confounded philosophers for many centuries: how to determine exact positions on the Earth’s surface. And in Britai

The worst time to look at the Moon is when it’s full, right? Not necessarily. It’s true that at full Moon, sunlight hits the surface head-on, flattening the appearance of its rugged landscape of deep

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star located about ...

A look at some of the thousands of astronomical objects visible in Hubble’s historic photograph

Ten years ago, on 14 September 2015, a new window on the Universe was opened, giving us a novel way of studying exotic, high-energy objects such as black holes and neutron stars: the first direct dete