Dr Ian Whittaker from Nottingham Trent University explains the science behind new study which claims to have spotted ...

Remember those claims that signs of life may have been detected on an exoplanet? Scientists have been skeptical about the ...

One of the great things about astronomy is that it’s always full of surprises, especially when it comes to comets — you just ...

Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early ...

Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings could live on other planets. But when astronomers are searching for extra ... Ian Whittaker is a Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham ...

Now, however, a team of 75 astronomers has finally balanced the cosmological books, so to speak ... according to a report in a physics preprint server, as well as at scientific conferences.

I addressed a topic that some individuals have seemingly become specialists in, which is producing and sharing videos that ...

"The key planet-formation processes in protoplanetary disks remain an active matter of research. One promising mechanism to ...

All but one of Andromeda's satellite galaxies were found to be pointing right at us. According to our best models, that shouldn't be the case at all.

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

About 2,600 light-years away, a dead star is sending signals from beyond the grave. Astronomers recently found the strange beacon, which appears to be a pulsar blinking in slow motion ...