Famous double stars Mizar and Alcor in the handle of the Big Dipper are a visual challenge with the naked eye — can you split ...

The European Space Agency telescope’s discovery of 31 ancient quasars gives astronomers their first look at black holes from ...

For decades, astronomers have pictured galaxies and their central black holes growing together. In the familiar story, a young galaxy forms first. Gas gathers. Stars ignite. Somewhere near the crowded ...

With no Moon in the sky tonight, it’s a great opportunity to chase after fainter objects, such as the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) in Draco. High in the north a few hours after sunset, this planetary ...

Just after sunset, look west to spot blazing Venus above the bright star Regulus in Leo the Lion, not far from the famous ...

Main-belt world Melpomene reaches opposition in the constellation Aquila. Visible all night, this space rock is ready for its ...

GRB 250314A is an ancient cosmic cataclysm caught by JWST's keen infrared eye. And it appears a lot like those that happen ...

Our satellite stands as the apex of a triangle with two outer planets — Saturn and Neptune — in the early-morning sky.

Check out two conjunctions, the Last Quarter Moon, multiple asteroids at opposition, and more in the sky this week.

SpaceX flies its Transporter 17 rideshare mission, while China's Long March 10B and India's Skyroot Aerospace attempt debut ...

Spread across a large swath of sky, the Coma Star Cluster is visible this evening for several hours after sunset, gorgeous in ...

The Red Planet meets the distant ice giant Uranus in the constellation Taurus, visible together in any optics early this ...