The human eye is an amazing piece of equipment. It's so useful it likely evolved dozens of time independently — as my friend Julia Sweeney says (paraphrased), "What good is half an eye? Probably about ...

Every year, the holiday season is the perfect time to deepen one’s love of the cosmos. It’s also a great time to introduce someone you know to the magic of astronomy and skygazing by giving them a ...

Now even astronomy has to be intersectional. Astro 2020 is the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) outline of astronomy’s top priorities for the next ten years. Astro ...

Artist’s impression of the migration of Titan and the tilt of Saturn. Credit: Coline SAILLENFEST / IMCCE Two scientists from CNRS and Sorbonne University working at the Institute of Celestial ...

The results from the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) have highlighted the global impact of Cambridge’s research in the field of Physics and Astronomy. 99% of Cambridge’s overall submissions ...

Just as God handed down the ten commandments to Moses at Mt. Sinai, astronomers are having their ten commandments moment this week — in the form of a much-anticipated 614-page report, handed down from ...

Astronomers have produced the most comprehensive image of radio emission from the nearest actively feeding supermassive black hole to Earth. The emission is powered by a central black hole in the ...

The night sky is displayed in all its glory in the winning photographs from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

For the past six months, the days have grown shorter and the nights have grown longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that's about to reverse itself. Winter solstice 2021, the shortest day of year and ...

On Thursday, the National Academies of Science released the latest Decadal Survey, which the astronomy industry uses to help guide funding decisions. While the survey doesn’t guarantee funding, it’s ...

What are the key scientific challenges for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade? Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s identifies the most compelling science goals ...