The galaxy resembling Christmas lights hanging in the cosmos has space scientists feeling festive

The brightest burst of light ever recorded was caused by a supernova, but that prompts new questions.

Europe's new space telescope, Euclid, returns test images ahead of its 3D survey of the Universe.

The Euclid mission will make an immense 3D map of the cosmos to uncover its biggest secrets.

A telescope high in the Atacama desert maps the distribution of matter through cosmic time.

The new super space observatory sees the most distant galaxy confirmed by gold-standard measurement.

Scottish astronomers use the new space telescope to spy a candidate for the most distant galaxy.

The plaque will be erected on a former home of the astronomer and cosmologist, Sir Fred Hoyle.