Globular cluster M56 is a gorgeous object in Lyra the Lyre that anyone can observe with binoculars or a telescope.

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...

Cones outnumber rods only in the center of the retina, which is the area of greatest density. It is also the area most ...

Quasar 0957+561, the first known gravitationally lensed quasar, lies near NGC 3079 in Ursa Major. Here's how to find and ...

Algol, also known as the Demon Star, loses some 70 percent of its light every three days. It's in Perseus the Hero, now ...

Kluger, who has written about the Apollo Program, talks about his new book: 'Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, The Untold ...

At a time of turmoil and competing visions for the agency, NASA will be led by a Trump administration cabinet member.

Tonight's Full Moon, called the Bucky Moon, rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest, tracing a low path through the ...

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill adds $9.9 billion to NASA’s budget, reversing plans to cut the Space Launch System and Orion.

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

Today in the history of astronomy, the most prolific comet-discoverer of all time gets his start.