Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

While mapping the nearby universe, astronomers discovered the largest-known structure in the universe, about 425 million to ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...

Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

The second full moon of 2024, the Snow Moon of February, wowed skywatchers around the world with a dazzling display last ...

The moon reached its peak brightness at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, but local moonrise and moonset times will depend ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic molecules.