In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" —scientifically known as novae —are currently visible to the naked ...

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

The British and Irish Lions players have rallied around their foreign-born team-mates, after Australia coach Joe Schmidt ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...

Explore the key differences between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, including seasons, climate, constellations, and more, explained simply for students. Understand how Earth's tilt affects ...

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed large-scale radio observations of a ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, and Venus.

Norfolk Southern has constructed around 1,500 feet of living shoreline to prevent erosion around the Norfolk coal terminal.

The α-Capricornids and the Southern δ-Aquariids will light up the night of July 30th-31st with a combined total of 30 shooting stars per hour.