The future is already here

In a remote mountain range in Chile, a newly unveiled observatory will soon begin mapping the sky. When its survey starts, the Vera C Rubin Observatory will spend every night for the next decade chart

Isn’t it amazing that astronomy – humanity’s oldest science – continues to generate such a delightful amount of new knowledge? Seeing as we’ve been studying the motion of the stars for a good long whi

STARGAZING TECH

A citizen astronomy project known as Kilonova Seekers has discovered an exploding star system in real time. Described as like a game of astronomical ‘spot the difference’, the project invites members

Star and deep-sky catalogues are crucial resources for making sense of the night sky. There are a lot of them, though – so many, in fact, that you almost need a catalogue of catalogues to keep track o

Driving up dusty mountain roads flanked by cacti and colourful bursts of wildflowers, it’s hard to imagine these quiet peaks in the Chilean Andes are home to some of the most sophisticated astronomica