James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...

A gibbous moon, like the one captured here, refers to a phase in which the moon is more than half illuminated but not yet ...

A multidisciplinary team of undergraduate students from three different universities has designed and built a mini satellite, ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists ...

Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature ...

Image Credit: Danielle Futselaar / Breakthrough Listen.

Nov. 17: The Leonid Meteor Shower should be best from 1 a.m. to dawn. Under dark sky conditions, the Leonids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Nov. 5: Full hunter supermoon — ...

Domina Stamas participated in a two-week analog astronaut mission in Poland simulating life on the moon. The Westlake Charter ...

Geographical rules apply. Astronomy James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week Astronomy ...

In addition to the wonderful sky sights of November we have an extra bonus — the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights, also known as the aurora, Thursday night and perhaps the next few nights.

Researchers have believed that Segue 1, a puny galaxy orbiting the Milky Way just 75,000 light-years away, was packed with dark matter, a substance in space that doesn't shine or interact with light.