Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe ...

A group of astronomers have made history by capturing an image of a record number of stars from a time when the universe was ...

From magnification to letting in enough light at night, here's how to choose the perfect monocular for stargazing and ...

The asteroid is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. The post Asteroid larger than Manhattan to fly by ...

An alignment means multiple planets are all visible in the sky from Earth. Three to eight planets constitutes an alignment.

The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. With an estimated diameter ...

A rare asteroid the size of Salford is about to fly close to Earth. The space rock, named (887) Alinda, is so large that ...

The research group observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth; when the universe was half its current age.

While the extra-galactic stars provided a microlensing effect, large clusters of dark matter provided a macrolensing effect.

Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.