At dusk on a late October night in 1408, something mysterious lit up the skies above China. Ming Dynasty astronomers who recorded the phenomenon wrote that its brightness was intense enough to last at ...

Daniella shared this clip, which features an odd object in the sky, making it more than just a pretty farewell shot. "I was ...

The moon, the brightest and largest object in our night sky, isn’t technically a planet. That’s because it orbits around the Earth, not the sun.

The third-brightest deep-sky object, glowing at magnitude 0.6, is Collinder 70, an open cluster of 100 or so hot young stars. You may know it by the more famous name of its three brightest members ...

Of the 200 deep-sky objects in this constellation that are brighter than 13th magnitude, this is the only one that’s not a galaxy. It glows at magnitude 9.5 and spans 5.5′.

Astronomy magazine Editor David J. Eicher shares 10 of his favorite springtime deep-sky objects, including the NGC 3190 galaxy group, 3C 273, and NGC 3242.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A mysterious object spotted in the skies over parts of the Pittsburgh area caused quite a stir Thursday evening. KDKA received some calls into our newsroom about it, starting ...

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

The June sky is also perfectly placed to show a great variety of deep sky objects. As you stand facing south (in the northern hemisphere), the constellation Virgo (The Virgin) with its galaxies is ...

It was strong enough to brighten the sky for 10 straight days. ... they believe they may know the exact object that put on the light show—the stellar remnant CK Vul in the constellation Vulpecula.

The June sky is well placed to reveal a variety of deep sky objects, including the Whirlpool Galaxy and the Ring Nebula. Here are some tips on how to spot these cosmic targets in the night sky.

It was strong enough to brighten the sky for 10 straight days. ... they believe they may know the exact object that put on the light show—the stellar remnant CK Vul in the constellation Vulpecula.