The once-in-a-lifetime explosion of T Coronae Borealis, also known as the "Blaze Star" is still pending -- but the event will ...

At the start of March, Mercury and Venus lay in the west after sunset. Now both have passed between us and the Sun into the ...

Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...

Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

Have you ever seen the Milky Way? What about the Northern Lights? A growing number of people have never seen these features because the skies over them are simply not dark enough. A 2016 study found ...

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...

Mauna Kea in Hawaii is recognized as the fourth premier destination globally for observing stars and celestial phenomena. Its ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...