In November 2024, a supermoon will illuminate the sky, coinciding with various global festivals such as Kartik Purnima, Loy ...

NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...

In astrophotography, I would say 70% is technique and 30% is the equipment. I spent a lot of time learning the technique behind those incredible images of the galaxies, Zubuyer says ...

A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.

"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...