Many moonless evenings the next two weeks are a great time for viewing the best of the summer stars. You may also see the remarkable occurrence of two exploding stars ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded ...

If you grew up with stories about navigation, camping, or even just glancing up on a clear night, chances are you’ve heard that the North Star is the brightest star in the sky. But here’s the thing — ...

Each summer, skywatchers around the world look forward to the famous Perseid meteor shower, but often overlook four lesser ...

In the early days of creation, there was a king named Uttanapada. He was the son of Manu. He had two queens. The elder one, ...

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this week.

The distant planet Neptune stands still against the background stars of Pisces in the early-morning sky, still visible close ...

This year, the Buck Moon follows Earth's aphelion, the point in its orbit farthest from the Sun, by just a few days, ...

A watchdog looking at the National Institute of Health obtained documents that showed the agency was going back on its word and funding cocaine studies on beagles.

NASA confirms the existence of TOI‑1846 b, a nearby hot super-Earth that could contain water, initially observed by NASA's ...

On a cool October evening, long after most birds have roosted, a living cloud rises from the wheat fields of southeastern ...