This dense globular cluster is the only Messier object in Capricornus, perfectly positioned for evening observing in the Sea ...

The Red Planet plows through an open cluster, Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation, and New Moon brings darkness in ...

Since ESA’s Herschel observatory went dark in 2013, no space telescope has been observing in the far-infrared. NASA's new ...

Views from three space telescopes combine in this look at the Tarantula Nebula, spanning wavelengths from X-ray to infrared.

Also at opposition this week, asteroid 2 Pallas is passing near a field star with similar brightness to the main-belt world ...

From the Crab Nebula to the Orion Nebula, these 10 winter deep-sky objects are easy to find and perfect targets for small ...

The ringed world’s brightest moon is passing north of its parent planet overnight tonight, making it particularly easy to ...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist and IceCube Neutrino Observatory principal investigator won the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' top honor for catching "ghost particles" from the ...

Credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Image processing: M. Rodriguez (Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector ...

Early on the 6th, our satellite passes in front of the solar system’s largest planet in a relatively rare event.

South Korea's Nuri rocket carries a batch of Earth-observing satellites, SpaceX launches a military mission and a Starlink ...