Pune: Astronomy enthusiasts are gearing up to make most of the summer skies as the stargazing season kicks off.

Frozen fuel from the Falcon 9 rocket launched Monday created a luminous display for several minutes, and was seen by people from England to Eastern Europe.

When I was 10, my dad took me camping to see the Perseids meteor shower,” says John O’Donnell. “They’re one of the most ...

A partial solar eclipse on March 29 will be visible from parts of North America. Here's how to safely view the cosmic event, ...

LSST Camera installed at Vera Rubin Observatory for sky mapping The camera will scan the entire southern sky every few nights ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...

Every night before I turn over to my right side and pull my blankets over my shoulder, I look out my apartment window at the ...

Many people view stargazing as something simple and easy – just go outside and stare up at the night sky, right? It's more ...

Answer: For near stars, astronomers use a method called parallax. During Earth’s orbit, near stars seem to shift their position against the farther stars. This is called parallax shift. By ...

As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to ...

Cherry Springs, isolated atop its mountain and surrounded by the 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, remained a haven of ...