An amazing photograph of a literal 'Blue Moon' has been hailed as "stunning" by experts. Astrophotographer VegaStar Capentier took the picture at C...

You wait all year for a X-class solar flare and then two come along in 24 hours. On 12 May a solar eruption was spotted by Nasa's Solar dynamics Ob...

Despite being over 100 years old, Einstein's theory of relativity is still inspiring advances in astronomy. The latest breakthrough is an entirely ...

Astronomers have discovered a new form of 'mini' supernova 'hiding in the shadows' of space. Supernovas normally occur when massive stars run out o...

Scientists have discovered an "impossible" star which appears to be older than the universe. The mysterious star Methuselah appears to be between 1...

After a meteor exploded over Russia today, injuring nearly 1,000 people, Dr Hugh Lewis, an astronautics expert from the University of Southampton, ans...

Almost a thousand people were injured after a meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Ural mountains. Fragments of the meteor fell to the...

Excitement is growing among astronomers that a comet predicted to graze the surface of the Sun later in 2013 could be the 'comet of the century'. A...

A stunning picture of the birth of a gas giant planet has been revealed by astronomers studying the formation of newborn stars. The insight demonst...

GIF: XE54 A three-mile wide asteroid came, in galactic terms, rather close to Earth on Tuesday. The catchily monikered, 2012 XE54 asteroid p...

For a sighted person it is extremely easy to become addicted by what the night sky has to offer to the naked eye, let alone with a telescope. It would take the average person thirty minutes to take a brief tour of the constellations on a clear, cloudless night

A giant 'Super Earth' has been discovered relatively close to our solar system which may be capable of supporting life. The planet was found orbiti...

The largest and most detailed photograph of our galaxy ever taken has been unveiled. The gigantic nine-gigapixel image captures more than 84 millio...

Best known for presenting The Sky At Night astronomer Patrick Moore has joined forces with none other than Queen guitarist Brian May and his right-han...

Amateur astronomers have taken a photo of a gigantic cloud of space dust which bears an uncanny resemblence to a certain 80s video gaming icon. The...

A planet with four suns has been identified by two "armchair astronomers". The bright new world, just under 5,000 light years away, is believed to ...

An incredible photo of a pulsing, dying red star has revealed strange 3D 'spirals' around its centre. The scientists at the Atacama Large Millimete...

A unique high-tech instrument with 24 robotic, cryogenic arms has been built by a British team to peer back into the origins of the universe. The ...

Alien worlds orbiting dead stars may be leaving 'electric trails' in space - and astronomers think they know how to find them. The strange planets ...

A new comet has been found which astronomers say may outshine the Moon when it passes close to the Sun next year. The C/2012 S1 comet ('Ison') coul...

The winners for this year's Astronomy Photographer Of The Year competition at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich have been revealed. The photos sho...