Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

The flare came from a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion light years away, making the flash the most distant one ...

We’ve all looked up at the night sky and wondered what those lights really look like up close. Stars, planets, the craters on the moon – they’re all up there, waiting to be explored but telescopes ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has launched Sensory-Friendly Sundays, a free monthly event for neurodiverse children and ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the evening and observe the ...

For the first time, an international research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy ...

Shopping for big kids isn’t easy. They’re not quite ready to leave play behind, but might be too old for some of the toys ...

Sacramento State’s planetarium coordinator Kyle Watters shares how he developed a passion for astronomy and what audiences can expect during the upcoming planetarium shows on Oct. 24-26.

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of artificial radio transmissions. Beginning with Project Ozma in 1960, ...

Astronomers might have discovered a galaxy that formed extremely early in the universe, nearly 200 million years before its closest competitor, but they caution there could be other explanations too.

If you’ve scrolled through social media lately, you’ve probably noticed something twinkling in the background of countless posts: galaxy projectors. These cosmic light devices are everywhere, and it’s ...