Astronomy magazine is proud to announce the winners of its 2026 Astrophotography Contest, presented by Celestron — the ...

Just as we use latitude and longitude to know the precise position of something on Earth's surface, it's useful to have a ...

Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in understanding the Universe’s earliest moments, measuring the amount of ...

Sumant Gupta, a student, recently won a gold medal at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Vietnam, ...

Nature reporter Davide Castelvecchi reflects on covering the fast-moving field of astronomy honoured by the Nobel physics award.

The cosmological constant Λ, and its generalization as dark energy, makes up roughly 70% of the present-epoch Universe and has been part of the dominant ΛCDM cosmological paradigm for more than a ...

As the full Moon sets, the Sun is about to rise on the opposite horizon. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has already closed its eyes after a long night of observations. The extraordinary quality of ...

Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific advancement. How data is presented, searched, and formatted determines ...

Five Indian students win four gold and one silver medal at IOAA in Hanoi. Check medal winners and India's historic 2026 Olympiad record.

The astonishing diversity of the cosmos is on display in the 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organised by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. From our own solar system to ...

Largest Astronomy Camera Ever Built Aims to Unveil Dark Energy and Dark Matter ...

The University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada has opened applications for its Master of Science (MSc) in Astronomy program for September 2027.