200 years of groping in the dark

...and latest findings have 2 groups of mutually hostile astronomers still going cockeyed trying to gauge the age of the universe

Now, it is Jupiter's turn

Yet another discovery in a series of unfolding spatial dramas propels Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, into spotlight

What's new about neutron stars

Astronomers on the lookout claim to be finally on target with their observation of what appears to be an old isolated neutron star. This …

Celestial guest

Hale-Bopp, the brightest comet of this century, promises to shed new light on the birth of the universe

Universe(al) black out?

Computer models mapping the future course of the universe predict its demise; later than sooner!

Splash!

It was huge. And it was heading straight for Earth. Astronomers said the end was here. Frantic revisions of their calculations later showed that …

Still elusive

Two varying estimates of the Hubble constant mean that we are no closer to establishing the age of the universe

12 billion years...

...is the age of the universe. And calculations based on data from the Hubble space telescope have established the elusive Hubble constant

Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history — new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo

Resolving the mystery of a seemingly magnetic Moon

Distance between Earth and Sun

Measure it yourself during transit of Venus this year

In honour of Galileo

Exhibition>> Astronomy • Italy

Primordial ripples confirm Big Bang

Making a standby sun

Physicists say it's theoretically possible to make a sun in the laboratory.

Earth"s second cousin

Death of a star

Portrait of a galaxy

Stones from above

Genealogy of stars

The discovery of a cluster of galaxies may provide useful insights into the formation of stars

World's largest telescope

Tribute to a star

Andromeda's starlight

No Armageddon, this

The meteor "shower" was but a mild drizzle, and it took place 16 hours too early

Bang, but not as big

Cosmic thunder

Frequency clash