The Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) was conceived and developed by a consortium of UK universities, including doctors Maria-Rosa Cioni, Matt Jarvis and Phil Lucas from the Hatfield uni. The trio will be leading three of...

Going by the most recent astronomy-related findings reported in the journal Nature on Thursday, astronomers claim to have discovered a new planet - dubbed GJ 1214b - which is composed mostly of water. The newfound "water world" is nearly 2.7 times...

In a fitting finale for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009), astronomers and archaeologists will celebrate the five millennia of astronomical heritage at Stonehenge, the most sophisticated stone circle in the world and amongst Europe’s most...

In what could reshape our view of the universe, the $320m (£195m) sky-mapping spacecraft, known as Wise, will photograph the entire night sky one and a half times in infra-red light.  Despite billions of pounds of research and some of the best...

In May 2009, astronomers were jubilant: finally, an extra solar planet had been found by using the method of astrometry.  That’s great, except, they may not have found a planet after all. Researchers from JPL reported they found a Jupiter-like planet...