Initially, the astronomer who first made note of this fuzzy-looking glowing cluster thought it might be a nebula. But it’s ...

SPHEREx begins mapping the sky in infrared, exploring the universe’s origins and life’s building blocks across the Milky Way.

The town of Jackson and Teton County became official International DarkSky Communities for efforts to reduce light pollution. While many towns have ...

Researchers Find First Visual Representation of the Milky Way on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian Coffin Decoration For centuries, ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and powerful radio telescopes have likely solved a cosmic mystery—what ...

The Full or Flower Moon is on May 12. The Moon is Last Quarter, rising at midnight, on May 20. On the 22nd, the waning ...

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have uncovered the likely cause behind a mysterious fracture in one of ...

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...

Webb discovered an early cosmic boom of "red monster" galaxies, surprising even seasoned researchers who thought they knew ...

Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with ...