A serendipitous solar outburst let scientists point the robot’s cameras toward the Red Planet’s sky to spot a feature shared with our Blue Marble.

For those in midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the arc of our galaxy becomes easier to see in May. Here's when and ...

The chapel of the Sorbonne University, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, will host a dreamlike installation on Saturday ...

But there's no need to wait for another celestial event to enjoy the wonders of the night sky. Simply take a trip to ...

Jupiter’s moon Callisto passes near the planet’s northern limb, shortly before Io transits and Ganymede emerges from the gas ...

Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

The bright star Spica will appear to dance around Earth's moon on the night of May 9. Here's how to catch the celestial pair ...

Discover why we've given the ZWO Seestar S30 smart telescope nearly top marks in our latest smart telescope review.

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

Initially, the astronomer who first made note of this fuzzy-looking glowing cluster thought it might be a nebula. But it’s ...

To navigate the Uluru, one must learn to look, listen and feel the Country, and hear the stories from the Aṉangu Traditional ...

There's disappointment for astronomers as the newly-discovered bright green comet appears to have disintegrated ...