The urban astronomy movement #PopScope has set up telescopes on sidewalks that have brought 26,000 people closer to the night ...

The crescent moon will be visible 20 degrees above the western horizon at sunset on July 28, with Mars appearing as a bright ...

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar ...

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for one of the star’s enduring mysteries.

Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it actually work?

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the peculiar star system Apep consists of two dying stars ...

In August 2025, skywatchers will be treated to a planet parade like no other, with six planets and the Moon visible in the ...

A conjunction between a crescent moon and Mars joins an ongoing display of 'shooting stars,' making July 28 one of the best ...

Pluto reaches opposition and the Moon waxes to First Quarter as shooting stars streak through the sky this week.

Tentative detections of life-linked molecules in a star’s disk suggest planets may form with the ingredients for life already ...

Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA), a six-telescope interferometer, excels at ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics ...