Astronomers have been watching the supergiant WOH G64 for decades – and it might have turned into a hypergiant and be heading ...

A stunning new image from the SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research) instrument on ESO’s Very Large ...

The night sky is filled with wonders, and on February 23, 2026, one of the most beautiful sights to look for will be the moon ...

According to their analysis, the changes included a temperature increase, a reduction in size to around 800 solar radii, and ...

One of the largest stars close enough for us to estimate its size, WOH G64, appears to have gone from red to yellow in 2013-14, indicating a temperature rise of about 1,000°C (1,800°F). Last year it ...

The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), a partnership of the National Research Foundation (NRF) with the International Astronomical Union (IAU) under the Department of Science, Technology and ...

Meghnad Saha was nominated for the Nobel Prize five times but never received it. Yet his ionisation equation, decoding how stars shine and what they are made of, became the foundation of modern ...

A rare relic held in Scotland has reached a milestone by turning 1,000 years old. The artefact, an intricately crafted brass ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden population of dusty galaxies that formed just one billion years after the Big Bang, offering a new glimpse into the universe’s formative years. An international ...

Finlay Campbell says the skies above Inverclyde can hold as much inspiration for today's young people as what's on the ground.

Using the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, an international collaboration of astronomers led by scientists at Waseda University and Tohoku University of Japan have discovered an extraordinary quasar in ...

Advances in supercomputing have made solving a long‐standing astronomical conundrum possible: How can we explain the changes in the chemical composition at the surface of red giant stars as they ...