The lanes and clouds of dust in the star-forming Orion Nebula (M42) reveal a dark dimension to this familiar object.

Found less than a billion years after the Big Bang, these massive objects are upending astronomers’ timeline for how early galaxies formed.

The key NASA center remains under a mandatory evacuation order, but officials say both it and Mount Wilson are protected for ...

Since 2018, we've seen 1ES 1927+654 generate jets in real time and found it may have a lone white dwarf orbiting near the ...

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.

Astronomical observatories use several techniques to compensate for distortions in images caused by our atmosphere.

Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch the Full Moon pass in front of the Red Planet. Astronomers call such an event an occultation. Pretty much anyone in the continental U.S.

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has ...

Japanese spacecraft made its closest flyby of Mercury to date, buzzing the planet’s north pole and peering into shadowed ...

One of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize, the Queen offers observers many worthy sights.