It’s not hard to see the influence of origami principles in the foldable space antenna/telescope arrays emerging from BYU’s Compliant Mechanisms Research laboratory. The design concepts help address ...

Refractor telescopes use specialised lenses to gather and focus light into an image, displaying a magnified sky view. In contrast, reflector telescopes use curved mirrors to reflect light onto the ...

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all bright enough to be visible to the naked eye, while Uranus and Neptune require binoculars or a telescope to spot. In January and February ...

Credit: NAOJ The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different from those in our Solar System, by piercing through thick cloud ...

“It’s Ed Sheeran!” a boy cries, leaping to his feet, astonished. Sheeran, 33, in light-blue hoodie, dark trousers and trainers with pink laces, returns their excited greetings. He places ...

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. The camera pans along the Andromeda Galaxy's vast disk which is over 200,000 light-years across. (Credit: ...

The UK should negotiate a new customs union deal with the European Union, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said. In a speech in London, he argued it was needed to boost Britain's economy ...

With three spectacular cosmic events happening, January is the perfect time to pick up a telescope. We've rounded up the best telescopes for beginners, to suit a range of budgets. January is ...

Appointment of man behind Ed Miliband’s much-mocked 2015 election gimmick seen as bid to beef up economic heft of department The man who masterminded the “EdStone” has joined the Treasury fo ...