Uranus will also be on show, if you fancy a more challenging target. Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

McDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — An object bright enough to be seen streaking across the midday sky fell across parts of the Southeast U.S. on Thursday.

Look up some time at the night sky, glinting and humming with all manner of illumination — planes taking off from or ...

There's something neat that happens when the full moon is closer to the horizon, and we call it the "moon illusion." ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the United States opened in Chicago in 1930, while the first one in Asia opened in ...

At exactly 22:16 on Saturday, 5 July, a dazzling fireball streaked across the Slovak sky, heading northeast and lighting up the night sky. The dramatic spectacle, reported by iMeteo.sk, was captured ...

There's something neat that happens when the full moon is closer to the horizon, and we call it the "moon illusion." ...

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

Venus: Venus dazzles in the eastern sky before sunrise, shining brightly for a couple of hours each morning. It’s joined by ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 6946 in Cygnus has seen 10 supernovae in the past century, earning it the nickname the Fireworks Galaxy ...