Dr Martin Elvis, an astrophysicist at Harvard University, said particular areas on the far side of the Moon provide a unique opportunity for astronomy.

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard is developing a plane powered by liquid hydrogen after a much-hyped flight in 2015 ...

For this, astronomers used two facilities: the Submillimeter Array (SMA), CfA's eight-dish collection of radio telescopes in ...

A team of scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad has discovered a giant planet bigger than Earth but ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

A chance to unpick the secrets of the dawn of the universe could be threatened by private companies mining on the moon, a ...

Scientists study how tiny pigments in leaves use quantum mechanics to transfer energy efficiently for better solar panels.

Around a star just 20 light-years from the Solar System, astronomers have confirmed the existence of what might be a ...