A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

The Andromeda Paradox is one of the most disturbing consequences of Einstein’s relativity because it suggests the universe ...

Inverclyde astronomy expert Stephen McAllister explains how he went about capturing the Andromeda galaxy on camera.

There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so ...

DID you know there’s a place in the UK so dark that you can see planets, shooting stars, and even the Northern Lights.

High in the trans-Himalayan landscape of Ladakh lies Hanle, a remote village cradled by rugged mountains and vast silence. Often called the roof of the world, Hanle is India’s first officially ...

The vast "sheet" of dark matter could explain why almost all of our galactic neighbors are running away from us.

There is no measurement that can directly observe the wave function of a quantum mechanical system, but the wave function is still enormously useful as its (complex) square represents the probability ...

India's diverse geography from high-altitude cold deserts to vast salt flats offers some of the most pristine "Dark Sky" pockets in Asia.

Earth's moon is both the brightest and the largest object in the night sky, in terms of apparent size, making it a ...

The solution to a persistent astronomical question that has puzzled scientists for half a century has emerged not from direct observation, but from the computing power of sophisticated computer ...

New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed surprising activity inside the Andromeda galaxy. The data ...