Astronomers, ranging from amateurs to professionals, have long cherished the Big Bend region of West Texas for having the ...

On Saturday, the sky above the District seemed to be about three things, each of them worthy of attention. They were rain, ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

The Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park joins more than 80 other internationally recognized dark sky places in ...

A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the ...

This weekend will be the last time Oregonians can see the Lyrid and Eta Aquarids meteor showers overlapping in 2025.

To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

Best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrid meteor shower is the world's oldest known of its kind and reliably occurs ...

Lyrids can surprise watchers with as many as 100 meteors seen per hour, but in general, 10-20 Lyrid meteors can be seen per hour during the peak.

The shower reaches its peak Monday night into Tuesday morning. Best viewing conditions are a clear sky with no moon or cloud ...