Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

A composite of galaxy cluster known as MACS0416 created using James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope imagery.

The age of the Universe is usually presented as a simple number: about 13.8 billion years. It sounds settled, almost tidy.

Look beyond the Milky Way through Arizona telescopes built to reveal distant galaxies, planets, and glowing clouds of gas.

The famous Joddrell Bank Observatory is reported to be facing closure. The scientific funding body that supports the eight-decade-old site in Cheshire hosting radio telescopes, is said to be ...

A team of astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has observed an extremely rare "wandering" black hole located tens of thousands of light-years from the center of its galaxy.

The UK's largest telescope has been put at risk of shutting down after its funding was withdrawn.

For centuries, telescopes have functioned as time machines, allowing astronomers to peer deep into the past. The farther they look into space, the farther back in time they see.

Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities ...

Jodrell Bank Observatory is facing closure following "catastrophic" cuts. The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) said it was ...

"Dead stars" known as white dwarfs have already shown the potential to help us better understand how planetary systems, ...

American astronomers, armed with leading-edge AI tools, have discovered a sensational archipelago of exoplanets circling ...