A 1.5-kilometre asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter now carries the name of Astrid Eeuwes, a Dutch amateur ...

Catch our satellite side by side with bright planet Venus in the western sky after sunset, not far from the bright star Spica ...

Life in space is hard. Most orbiting observatories retire well before their 20th birthday. Yet the Hubble Space Telescope has ...

A distant 'exomoon' the size of Jupiter is changing how we think about the cosmos.

Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, joins CBS News to discuss Wednesday's total solar eclipse.

The partial eclipse is expected to be the most extensive since 1999, astronomers say. Some parts of England could see up to 96 per cent of the moon covering the sun on 12 August. The UK will get the ...

Astronomers warn that a recent FCC decision about mirror-equipped satellites could hinder their ability to observe the cosmos ...

As astronomy becomes increasingly driven by data, coding, and simulations, India needs to move from theory-heavy classrooms ...

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 ...

Nothing on Earth is as sure as night following day. An American tech start-up with military backing wants to change that. Not ...

The pictures, on the competition's shortlist, reveal the remarkable celestial objects that lie above our heads, both in deep space and closer to home ...