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

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

Spoiler warning: Below there will be information about today's New York Times Strands puzzle.

Astrophotographer Ron Brecher has captured a stunning deep sky image of the spiral galaxy M106, located 23.5 million light ...

View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.

Scientists have discovered an extremely rare pair of stars only around 150 light years ... around 10 times brighter than the moon in the night sky. This form of explosion, known as a "type Ia ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is ...

Ladi Svoboda told Snopes that the photo was "real but artistically interpreted," while noting that similar shots were ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...