As the country marks Matariki, more iwi are turning their gaze to Puanga – a long-overlooked star at the heart of many ...

One of the brightest stars in the central North Island’s pre-dawn sky led out this year’s Matariki observance day, marking the beginning of the Māori new year. The theme for the national celebration ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.” ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the R Aquarii binary star system from 2014-2023. The images have been time ...

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It ...

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make this challenging ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever detected. You can stream the object live today, or maybe see it from your ...