First European earth observation satellite designed to observe more than the atmosphere to be launched at night. A 3D view ...

Some folks already caught a sci-fi-level glimpse of it on Thursday, when a blazing meteor put a hole in a Georgia house.

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...

At the summit of Cerro Pachón, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started its work.

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the United States opened in Chicago in 1930, while the first one in Asia opened in ...

Bechtol and his fellow scientists hope they can learn more about the universe than all of scientific progress has allowed in ...

Washington is among more than a dozen states that might be able to see the northern lights on June 25 and June 26.

In one sense, it’s odd to associate any firefly with youth, for by the time we see them lighting up our nights, they are ...

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...