The interstellar plasma is turbulent and scatters pulsar radio waves slightly away from a direct, straight line path. The ...

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known meteor showers, is at its peak and will continue through April 26.

The Earth's axial ... when the Earth has its closest pass to the Sun (perihelion) — the so-called precession of the equinoxes. Today, perihelion occurs in northern hemisphere winter but at ...

In the southern hemisphere, the earth's rotation causes air to flow clockwise around low pressure systems and anticlockwise around high pressure systems. (The opposite applies in the northern ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

The three men returned after spending 220 days in space and orbiting the Earth 3,520 times, Nasa said in a statement. The agency noted that, coincidentally, Mr Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday ...

Russia’s Arctic is resource-rich; the remote region has vast reserves of hydrocarbons, immense deposits of rare earth minerals and metals and provides access to the Northern Sea Route along ...

Discover the best star projectors on the planet this Easter as we've shortlisted the top models across a range of categories and price points. Here's our hands-on guide to the best star projectors ...

The United States was the first to declare war, though after repeated British provocations. At the time, the Napoleonic wars were raging across Europe, and the Royal Navy had taken to seizing ...