This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...

How many planets are there? As with the discovery of Uranus, the answer depends on who you ask. Detail from Joseph Wright of ...

On January 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus! Oberon and Titania were the first two Uranian moons ever discovered. The finding came just six years ...

One of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize, the Queen offers observers many worthy sights.

This isn’t a new development—in fact, this strange galactic quirk was likely hiding in plain sight when German astronomer William Herschel first spied NGC 5084 back in 1785. However, thanks to a new ...

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Swift’s selfie with Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte over the summer was a highlight in an otherwise “brutal” year Rachel Burchfield serves as digital editor, royals at ...

Prince William's Duchy of Cornwall has stepped in to tackle the growing crisis of abandoned boats in the West Country by agreeing to remove six vessels from the River Avon in Devon. The move comes ...

Why? Because there are now so many useful apps available for them that they are, I think, an essential a part of the amateur astronomer’s toolbox. Today’s smartphones are essentially tricorder ...

Nearly two centuries later, astronomer William Pickering's calculations suggested that the Moon had no atmosphere. This led him to conclude the Moon could not have water on its surface, as that water ...

Nearly two centuries later, astronomer William Pickering’s calculations suggested that the Moon had no atmosphere. This led him to conclude the Moon could not have water on its surface ...