Chinese researchers have received a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society ... Liu Kuo and Chen Siyuan from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) were key contributors ...

A leader in the study of distant supernovae has been awarded the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal for outstanding women astrophysicists in the UK and ...

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG) are delighted to announce that the Caroline Herschel Medal 2025 is awarded to Prof. Isobel ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

Families looking for a fun and educational half-term activity can visit the Greenwich Planetarium throughout the school holidays.

Making use of the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S.

A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples ...

THE Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society has been awarded to Prof. H. Kimura, director of the International Latitude Observatory, Mizusawa, Japan, since 1899, for his valuable work on the ...

The princess will also visit the South African Riding for the Disabled Association, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, the Royal Cape Yacht Club, the South African Astronomical Observatory, ...

PROF. MARCEL GILLES JOZEF MINNAERT, director of the Sonnenburg Observatory, Utrecht, has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for his outstanding contributions to solar ...

In the more than 60 years in which scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several ...