For centuries, Polaris, the North Star, was the most important star in the sky, especially for seafarers in the Northern ...

"Ophion is filled with stars that are set to rush out across the galaxy in a totally haphazard, uncoordinated way, which is far from what we’d expect for a family so big," said Dylan Huson of Western ...

He took part in robotics clubs at Tech. Now he works with a company that recently landed a spacecraft on the moon.

In the moon-free skies of late May, high in the south east in the hour before midnight is the constellation of Hercules. Look for the four stars that make up the central keystone shape, located to the ...

Beneath a breathtaking full Moon, construction on the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope—the ELT—progresses in ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky.

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

Starting tonight and continuing for two weeks, we can watch the moon travel from just past new moon all the way to full moon.

The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.

Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space.

WHY IT RATES: Baden-Württemberg offers great stargazing spots with minimal light pollution, particularly in the Black Forest, Swabian Alb and Bad Mergentheim. Highlights include the Experimenta ...