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Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.

A city in central Oregon, deemed the “gateway” to the Cascade Mountains, is now being recognized for its night sky views.

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Astrophotographers use sophisticated imaging technology to take and edit photographs that bring us the cosmos with startling ...

Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...