Carnarvon’s pristine Karoo night skies are fuelling astrotourism, with locals guiding visitors through the wonders of the universe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “It’s like coming into Fort Knox,” our driver declares as we wind our way through the cacti and sage brush surrounding Amangiri, a ...

When the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) switches on its next major supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), it won’t just be adding another cluster to a lab ...

In Uttar Pradesh, an extraordinary mango tree produces more than 350 varieties on a single trunk. How did one farmer create this remarkable tree that now attracts visitors worldwide?

Most gamma-ray bursts—the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe—are tracked back to the deaths of massive stars. But a new discovery suggests that such enormous explosions can come from ...

Hartree Centre is working with the South African Astronomical Observatory (NRF-SAAO), a leading centre for optical and infrared astronomy, to deliver the ‘Intelligent Observatory’ programme. The ...

Zoom into the James Webb Space Telescope's view of a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud known as NGC 346.

China's Wide Field Survey Telescope has captured an amazing view of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Space scientist Maggie Aderin talks telescopes, neurodiversity and being underestimated with Rowan Hooper on the New ...

For decades, astronomers have used distant supernovae as cosmic lighthouses to test fundamental physics and to measure the ...