Cleostratus was a truly pioneering Greek astronomer who lived on the small Aegean island of Tenedos in the 6th century BC.

Adding a new member to your family (and picking out the perfect baby name) is already a magical experience, so why not look ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and ...

Star charts show Corvus appearing in the southeast night sky during mid-March. It will make its way across the southern skies through the summer.

Venus remains rather low at dawn but slowly gains altitude as the month rolls along. Look for it in the east 45-60 minutes ...

Saturn is below Venus and very low in the predawn sky. In late April it is five degrees above the horizon. You may need ...

The Pleiades, Ptolemy's Cluster, the Large Magellanic Cloud — here's how to center the sky's brightest deep-sky wonders in ...

Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built ...

All winter long, I have been meaning to write about the little constellation Aries the Ram, and finally, on this last weekend ...

Astrology has been an integral part of human culture for centuries, shaping beliefs, guiding decisions, and offering insight ...

After boasting of her beauty to the Nereids or sea nymphs, she is punished rather harshly in my view by Poseidon and finds herself tethered to the north star Polaris to spin around it for perpetuity ...

We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...