A newly discovered rocky planet may be the most Earth-like yet found in another solar system, scientists believe.

Patrick Moore was the astronomer who, more than any other scientist living or dead, could explain to the world at large the marvels and intricacies of the universe — and beyond.

Exploding stars may have had a significant effect on the evolution of life on Earth, a study suggests.

Around one billion stars in the Milky Way can be seen together for the first time in an image captured over a decade by astronomers.

A STAR factory from the dawn of time has been discovered to be churning out new suns at the rate of 100 a year.

IT used to be one of the life’s simple, taken-for-granted pleasures to stand outside in the blackness of night and just gaze at the star-speckled heavens.

IT looks like a giant cosmic eye watching over us from the depths of space.