An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian woman astronomer whose pioneering work at the University of Cambridge has ...

A Tekapo couple who have spent the past 50 years helping to track asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth have been jointly awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Adult Reading Program at the Meredith Public Library begins on Tuesday, June 24 and lasts for five weeks until Friday, July 25.

An ancient radio signal generated a soon after the Big Bang, may be the key to understanding the Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of ...

A Cambridge college library could be replaced with a new one and include a walled garden. Christ’s College in Cambridge has applied to demolish one of its libraries and replace it with a new one ...

Professional astronomers don't make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope.

Christ’s College was founded in 1505. The oldest parts of its library were completed by 1515 and further extensions were added in the 1730s, 1950s and 1970s — the latter by architect and Cambridge ...

Grafton Architects has submitted plans to replace a 1970s library at Christ’s College Cambridge with a four-storey building designed to last for at least 200 years. The 2021 Stirling Prize winner ...

Cecilia Payne deduced that the sun is mainly made of hydrogen - but was encouraged to downplay her findings by her PhD supervisor. Mike Sutton takes up the story ...

Cambridge serves more than 18,000 students from all cultures and corners of the world. Nearly 4,000 of its students are international and hail from over 120 different countries. In addition, the ...