Why do pictures of Earth taken from the Moon show a black sky with no stars? Can the stars only be seen with an atmosphere? Farris W. Bruce Hesperia, California.

An artist impression of the binary system VTFS 243, made up of a large star and a black hole. This black hole may have formed without a supernova, astronomers suggest.

Even though the farthest stars look dimmer and dimmer, there would be a lot more of them, and the whole night sky should look very bright. It seems I’m back where I started, but I’m actually a ...

A black hole is burping out the remnants of a star it ripped apart and ate years ago in a type of tidal disruption event that is like nothing astronomers have ever seen.

Binary stars often appear as a single object in the night sky to the naked eye, but can often be detected with telescopes and the data they provide.

While the sun may not always shine over North Yorkshire, it is recognised as one of 200 places in the world where the stars sparkle brightest. Since 2020, the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales ...