Astronomers have found more ORCs in the years since those initial discoveries, and some of them also appear to have a galaxy ...

Although it is just now starting to feel like spring, last month was the official change of the seasons and now is a good ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

According to the American Meteor Society, around 18 "shooting stars" per hour could be visible during the height of the ...

Dragging the trash barrel to the curb, I look up at the night sky, and my current self is instantly tethered to all my past ...

Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...

There are plenty of celestial landmarks you can see with the naked eye, and this month, you can view Mars and four of Jupiter’s 95 moons.

Our sun, like all stars, is made mostly of hydrogen and helium. They are by far the most abundant elements, formed in the ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

A trio of recently launched satellites will watch the sun's energy whack the Earth, helping us predict solar storms ...

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...