Discover South Africa’s top stargazing destinations where heritage and history meet the night sky, from Sutherland to Namaqualand.

Astronomers first thought these red dots were ancient galaxies. They appeared unusually mature for their early universe age.

While the James Webb Space Telescope stunned the world with its clarity and depth, NASA’s latest telescope takes things even further. With improved infrared detection and higher resolution imaging, it ...

Learners from Carnarvon High School, Northern Cape, traveled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, for the World Robot Olympiad Open Championship (from the left): Roswell Pipes, Jerome Visagie, Eugenio Nuwegeld, ...

A new observatory in South Wairarapa lets visitors watch exploding stars far away - and take the photos home with them. The Cretney Observatory, which opened Saturday 13 September, boasts a powerful ...

Planetary nebulae, formed when red giant stars exhaust their fuel, can sometimes be spectacular (see the Hourglass Nebula) ...

Gary passed away at home in Tehachapi at the age of 73. He was a man with wide interests, ranging from astronomy, theater and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

The signal, a gamma ray burst, kept repeating — which has never been seen before, and, according to astronomers, should be ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets redirected as narrow beams, confined by powerful magnetic fields. The jets ...

From North Cork to Limerick and Offaly, three families reveal the passion, challenges and legacy of living in Ireland’s ...