A Distant Supernova Discovery This latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope features a distant galaxy located about 600 ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

You can see it from Earth with your own eyes ... Whether it’s a comet, a supernova, or a planetary alignment (no spoilers!), it’s going to be a dazzling show. Grab your telescope, a blanket ...

Supernovae are one of the most useful events in all of astronomy. Scientists can directly measure their power, their spin, ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

The intricate swirls and striations of interstellar dust have been revealed in stunning detail thanks to the James Webb Space ...

It’s been pretty cold recently, so you may need to channel your inner polar bear to get a good view of the ongoing planetary alignment this month. In the coming weeks, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, ...

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

Noctourism, or nighttime tourism, is on the rise. For stunning dark skies, fascinating wildlife, and more, head to one of ...

One such discovery was the identification of the most distant so-called core-collapse supernova ever confirmed. These explosions mark the end of life for massive stars, and this supernova occurred ...