On this day in 1930, Pluto was discovered by 24-year-old American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, marking one of the most remarkable achievements in modern astronomy.
Tombaugh...
A breakthrough that reshaped astronomy
On this day in January 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made one of the most important discoveries in the history...
On 26 August 1682, English astronomer Edmond Halley personally observed a comet streaking across the night sky. It was not his first professional study,...
The first images captured by a powerful telescope and the world's largest digital camera in Chile has been released.
The photos were taken by the Legacy...
