One can feel grounded out under the stars. If it’s an identity you seek, you could do worse than asterism, a word to which ...

December means the winter solstice is coming, it arrives on Dec. 21, and we are in for a couple of very cold and snowy months ...

A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope has revealed four spiralling dust shells around a rare triple-star system named after the "God of Chaos ...

• December 10, Moon occults the bright star Regulus. • December 14, Moon appears close by to bright star Spica, plus peak of ...

The moon reaches its first quarter phase on Friday (Nov. 28), marking a perfect opportunity to explore the half-lit lunar ...

Using artificial intelligence, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, ...

Constellation Perseus culminates high upon the north-south meridian around 10 p.m. Dec. 25, with its brightest star Alpha ...

There’s something almost otherworldly about standing in the middle of a desert at night. No city glow, no noise except maybe ...

On most nights, city skies hide the stars. Streetlights, buildings, and cars fill the air with artificial glow that drowns out what’s above.

In my last column, I highlighted some of the best objects to view in the night sky through the end of the year. However, ...

Researchers used the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to identify the presence of ultraviolet ...