A new observatory with a powerful telescope has just opened in South Wairarapa.

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Mathematicians calculated where the planet might be based on its effects on Uranus, and astronomers searched for less than an ...

Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton is that kind of place – a celestial treasure perched above Silicon Valley that somehow remains off the radar for many Californians despite being one of the most ...

The research center that Lick’s fortune helped create has a visitors center and gift shop open Saturday and Sunday from noon ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope cannot observe Earth directly. It is too bright and could damage the telescope. However, ...

Stargazing has a long history in the UK. It was there that the Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded in 1675. The problem that that country had when observing the sky has to do with its meteorology, ...

The universe never ceases to amaze us, and a recent image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) offers a breathtaking glimpse into the process of star formation. Captured in stunning detail, ...

A coin expert shared a rare 50p coin that could be worth 90 times more than its face value - but only if it has one detail.

Your coin stash could be hiding a little gem without you even realising. This 50p coin features an 'unusual mark' and one ...

Zoom into an amazing James Webb Space Telescope view of galaxy NGC 3256. It is " the wreckage of a head-on collision between ...