Stargazers could spot up to 40 meteors an hour light up the night sky this week as May's annual meteor shower reaches its peak ...

On May 12, the full Moon will illuminate UK skies. This month, it is called the 'Flower Moon', which is believed to be a ...

To view the Eta Aquarids find an area well away from city lights or street lights. 'Come prepared with a sleeping bag, ...

From sundials to atomic clocks, our understanding of time has become a lot more accurate as technological developments ...

and he soon devised a plan (or moving all the clocks in the kingdom by one clock connect ed with the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, to keep true Greenwich time, and he also ap plied his principle ...

The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928), who was working at The Royal Observatory at Greenwich when he discovered the dearth of sunspots during this period.

The photo, titled Cosmic Fireworks, won the Skyscapes category of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich. This breathtaking image not only ...

Many Southern Hemisphere observers consider this shower to be the best meteor shower of the year, but it's a different story ...

Vermont-based astrophotographer Michele Hernandez Bayliss has captured stunning views of Messier 94 - also known as the ...