A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within ...

In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is continuing the celebrations with a new view of the Eagle Nebula. This vast stellar nursery ...

To best see the Lyrid meteor shower, Griffith Observatory's director suggests heading to the mountains or desert to get away ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

A fog of long-wavelength infrared light could be produced by dusty, star-forming galaxies that have remained hidden — until now, that is.

Euclid is on a quest to unravel one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: why it's expanding faster and faster. With help ...

Join Museum staff and members of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club for a view of the night sky through our telescopes ... including planets, stars, and the Moon. Telescopes will be provided by ...

Venus in the dawn sky as a 'morning star' in September 2023 as seen from ... 2025 during its greatest illuminated extent. | Credit: Starry Night Now is also a fine time to examine the crescent ...

“I guess if you say that, if every single night we take the field, do I feel like we’re going to win? Yeah. So I know that the math says we’re not going to go 162-0, but each night we take ...

While both deal with space, planetariums and observatories are different. Observatories use telescopes to view the actual sky, while planetariums project simulations of the stars and planets.

The Euclid Space Telescope is focused on surveying about one-third of the night ... entire sky, while repeatedly zooming in on three specific patches of it known as the Euclid Deep Fields ...