Nebulae are gigantic clouds of gas and dust that exist in space between stars. Check out 7 mesmerizing photos of this cosmic ...

There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so ...

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

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

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 ...

On Oct. 20, 2020, a robot spacecraft took a sample of surface dust from asteroid Bennu. On Sept. 4, 2023, as it passed by the earth en route to asteroid Apophis, it dropped off a capsule carrying that ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the best “must-see” attractions in the Butler night sky, and it’s even more impressive once you get to know more about this gargantuan star factory. There’s enough material ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven ...

On Monday, February 10 at 6:09 p.m, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...

Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...