The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star WD 0816-310. Credit: ESO ...

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ...

A planned resurrection of long-running cult smash Red Dwarf would have seen Dave Lister go back in time to talk sense into his 23-year-old self ...

Rochester may have missed out on the total solar eclipse in April 2024 due to clouds, but it has another chance to see a once ...

The winners of the BBC Make a Difference Awards in Scotland 2025 have been announced. The accolades recognised community ...

Community heroes from across Scotland have won BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal’s Make a Difference Awards 2025 ...

What can auroras on a rogue planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address, as an international ...

A MILLIONAIRE financier who runs in the same circles as A-list stars is locked in a bitter court battle after being sued for an “eye-watering” sum. The looming court case threatens to ...

NASA is constantly making new discoveries about the universe, and what they found it's located where it should be - in a ...

October nights are famed for their ghastly Halloween frights, yet the skies in fact bring rather friendly and benign ...