A new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society argues the simplest answer may work: contact binaries like ...

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 ...

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

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, might have formed after a collision with a lost moon, according to new research.

Discover 'Terra Lumina,' the latest science-inspired album from Melodysheep. This new release explores imaginative soundscapes influenced by scientific themes, blending music and curiosity. Perfect ...

The remarkable tool was used for purposes such as time keeping, wayfinding, astronomy and astrology.

Using the MeerKAT telescope, South African scientists have detected a record-breaking radio laser from a distant galaxy, ...

One of the largest stars known in the Universe has done something strange – and scientists are debating what it means. WOH G64, a colossal star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is – or was? – one of the ...

Astronomers used AI to search 35 years of Hubble data and discovered over 1,300 rare cosmic anomalies hidden in plain sight.

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 ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...