Stargazers can find many locations throughout the country to explore the celestial wonders of the night sky, which serves as ...

Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...

The University of Washington was among the founding members of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, whose discoveries are expected to revolutionize the field of astronomy.

"Bogong moths are incredibly precise. They use the stars as a compass to guide them over vast distances, adjusting their bearing based on the season and time of night." Each spring, billions of Bogong ...

Explore the UGC 10214, the Tadpole Galaxy, a faint, peculiar spiral galaxy in Draco with a dramatic tidal tail and active star formation — an elusive but rewarding target for deep-sky observers ...

When night falls in Wadi Rum, the sky comes into view with a clarity most places lost long ago. Thanks to the desert’s isolation, elevation, and lack of light pollution, the Milky Way stretches ...

Back to Article List Deep-Sky Dreams: Edge-on galaxy NGC 5907 Both bright and oriented edge-on to our line of sight, NGC 5907 is sometimes called the Splinter Galaxy or the Knife Edge Galaxy.

The recent WNBA news shows the league's announcement following an Atlanta Dream star's historic night against the Chicago Sky. Find out more about what the WNBA announced.

A lunar phenomenon not seen in almost 20 years is lighting up skies across Australia this evening.

June’s full moon lit up the night sky on Tuesday, June 10, with a stunning display, glowing in shades of red and orange depending on where it was seen. Known as the "strawberry moon" for its timing ...

June’s one full moon — the so-called strawberry moon — dazzled the night sky Tuesday into Wednesday. Photos show the low-hanging reddish moon low in the sky in places including New York City ...