Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

I helgen firas Astronomins dag och natt – Sveriges största rymdfestival med evenemang över hela landet! Under temat För rymden i tiden samsas föreläsningar, stjärnskådningsträffar och många andra akti...

Day Time Astronomy The sky fascinates everyone! Events in the sky which happen during day time give a special opportunity of taking people from “Wow to Why and How”.Wow is the experience. Why is the b...

Director, IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach

A paper describing our use of a disco ball to project images of the solar eclipse

Laura Hiscott finds out how disco balls can be used in astronomy

Solar Eclipse Viewing With a Disco Ball: I am about to blow your mind. As a longtime astronomer and viewer of many eclipses - both solar and lunar - I have seen and used a wide variety of methods for ...

Something weird is happening — something that, even as an astronomer, I once struggled to explain.

Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global regulation is needed before it’s too late.

Measuring trust isn’t enough. Furthering knowledge about the institutions and norms of science is the best way to build credibility.

Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life through our galaxy. That’s the…

Med inspiration från det ikoniska Hasselbladfotografiet Earthrise, fotograferat från Apollo 8 år 1968, riktar Moment 10 fokus både mot rymden och jorden; astronomin och miljörörelsen, naturvetenskapen...

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

Cosmology finds itself in a paradoxical situation. We know everything and nothing. After years of accumulating evidence and debate, there is a consensus model about the makeup of the cosmos, known as ...

The universal language of science allows nations to reach a mutual understanding of shared problems. But that requires politicians not to meddle in how science is done.