In an astronomical feat, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers observed a distant galaxy, uncovering ...

RIT Professor Joel Kastner leads a research team that determines the true three-dimensional structure of the iconic Ring ...

NASA has shared stunning images of various star clusters. Here are a few of these captivating shots. The bright glow of the ...

The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...

According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust ...

The first full moon of January 2025 -- the Wolf Moon -- is here, according to NASA, and skygazers will get a little extra ...

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Today, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is casually ...

Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe ...

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. First, Lunar ...

Greetings, stargazers. A prominent winter constellation is Taurus, the bull. It is particularly easy to find this month, because Jupiter is right in the middle of it. At magnitude -2.68, Jupiter will ...