On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

A groundbreaking new supercomputer model shows how magnetic fields shape the turbulent flow of charged particles in space.

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

Antares is a red supergiant star located 400 light-years from Earth. The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star ...

The game-changing Vera Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

Researchers traced long, bright radio pulses, combined with X-rays, to an intriguing cosmic object 15,000 light-years from ...

an emoji? It appears so as the moon and two stars will align to form a bright smiley face in the night sky tonight, Thursday, May 29, 2025. According to Space.com, the smiley face will be formed ...

This month, the national park’s lustrous night skies sparked ... Nebraska’s annual Star Party brings in hundreds of dark sky enthusiasts each summer. The space over the Merritt Reservoir ...

Astronomers detected both X-ray and radio pulses from a single mysterious space object, known as ASKAP J1832-0911, every 44 ...

In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night sky ... a dark space away from city lights to have the best chance of viewing the spiral of stars ...