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

World's largest digital camera observes cosmos, capturing detailed images of galaxies, asteroids, and stars changing ...

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

The start of astronomical summer also brings the first major and dangerous U.S. heatwave of 2025. Here's what you need to ...

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

The world’s most powerful digital camera has taken its first photos, and they reveal the cosmos in stunning detail. Shared as ...

The revolutionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory will unveil new insights about our universe—and you can catch a first look at a ...

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

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild conditions.

Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...