From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...

That's more than the span between your index finger and pink finger when you hold your hand at arm's length against the sky. The Oort cloud wraps around the solar system. A long-period comet that ...

The Northern Lights lit up the skies with hues of green and pink across the north of England on Thursday ... said Thursday night had “pretty ideal conditions” with “very little cloud”. Aurora displays ...

The Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year award was won by Daniel Borsari for his image "NGC NGC 1499, A Dusty California" ...

Anyone who wants to catch the night-time spectacle Aurora Borealis is being advised to look up tonight, especially in Northern Scotland.

Mr Williams was also selected as the winner in the Planets, Comets and Asteroids category. His composite shows the phases of Venus, using ultra-violet and infrared filters that reveal the cloud ...

Comets and Asteroids category. His composite shows the phases of Venus, using ultra-violet and infrared filters that reveal the cloud structure within the upper atmosphere of the planet.

The new images show the Horsehead Nebula as turbulent waves of gas rising from the western side of Orion B, a star-forming molecular cloud located ... A 'doomed' comet photobombed the sun during ...