If you are like most people, you probably enjoy the twinkling of stars that blanket the sky on a clear summer night. If you are an astronomer, chances are you find it extremely annoying. A team of ...

Six planets are lining up in a row from our Earthly view of the cosmos, in a spectacle that'll be visible in January through to February. Reading time 2 minutes Stargazers are in for a treat as six ...

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighborhood. The plasma ...

Professor Fred Watson, Australia's Astronomer-at-Large, explores our lasting love affair with stars and the technology that drives it. There’s nothing quite like twinkling stars. Even though many of ...

I'm sure you've enjoyed plenty of starry nights, and if you haven't you really ought to sometime soon. There's nothing like staring up thousands of glittering points of light, contemplating the ...

A breakthrough in adaptive optics allows astronomers to obtain space-telescope quality images over a wide field of view — here on Earth If you are like most people, you probably enjoy the twinkling of ...