In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...
Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn can be spotted without special equipment, with Uranus and Neptune requiring a telescope.
Astronomer Dean Regas gives us the lowdown on the best things to look out for this winter, from a “planet parade” to the ...
The award-winning novel explores the inner thoughts of astronauts during a single day aboard the International Space Station.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...
Six planets will be visible from the visible eye throughout January in a somewhat rare astronomical occurrence known as a ...
Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...
Sometimes, a glowing, whitish-gray patch appears in the sky next to the northern lights. Researchers at the University of ...
In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...