Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

DID you know there’s a place in the UK so dark that you can see planets, shooting stars, and even the Northern Lights. There’s an observatory in Northumberland nestled in a huge ...

High in the trans-Himalayan landscape of Ladakh lies Hanle, a remote village cradled by rugged mountains and vast silence. Often called the roof of the world, Hanle is India’s first officially ...

A range of gorgeous skywatching targets are visible to the naked eye in city skies.

Inverclyde astronomy expert Stephen McAllister explains how he went about capturing the Andromeda galaxy on camera.

Discover the limits of human sight: from a 3-mile horizon and candle flames 2.8 km away to seeing galaxies 2.5 million ...

The constellation Ophiuchus represents the Serpent Bearer, a man wrestling a serpent, dividing the snake’s body in two parts.

From a glowing Snow Moon to a rare six-planet parade, February 2026 is delivering a packed calendar of celestial events for ...

Durham also contributes to the Vera Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time, helping manage its vast data and ...

A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.

Beyond the auroras, Hanle remains India’s most important stargazing destination and a dark sky reserve ...