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

The Moon passes just 0.4° south of Virgo the Maiden's bright alpha star, Spica, early on the morning of May 10.

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

An astronomer breaks down 3 key components that allow researchers to make groundbreaking discoveries — and decide when ...

Today I want to talk about something beginning observers tend to overlook. It a process of the human eye called dark ...

The Swan Nebula (M17) glides through the early-morning sky near the border that Sagittarius shares with Scutum and Serpens ...

Often bucking tradition, these women sought knowledge of the universe and reimagined the way we view the cosmos.

Although our universe is mostly normal matter, antimatter isn’t so hard to create — supernovae, black holes, and even bananas ...

The most recent measurement of a nearby galaxy cluster is deepening a disagreement about how fast the universe is expanding — ...

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

Vesta’s classification has vexed astronomers for decades, but a recent study is forcing planetary scientists to reevaluate ...

The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) is an odd reflection nebula surrounding a magnitude 7.4 star, SAO 19158, in the constellation ...