April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

At the Paranal Observatory, the UT4 telescope doesn't just stargaze—it actively creates its own stars using powerful lasers ...

A reddish star is about to pass through a "beehive" of stars. That "star" is actually one of Earth's planetary neighbors.

Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...

Once a year, this planet passes through a celestial beehive typically seen in the night sky during the spring. And it's about ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...

May’s night sky ... through a telescope, its rings will appear quite thin, thanks to the recent equinox. That said, you won’t be able to fit both Saturn and the moon into the field of view ...

If you’ve ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what’s out there, now’s a great time to check out Markarian’s Chain — ...

Hubble’s three-and-a-half-decade lifetime has allowed astronomers to observe cosmic objects over extended periods to see how ...

NASA's SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities to ...

Catch some morning meteors, see the Moon reach First Quarter, and watch Mars visit the Beehive in the sky this week.