Seattle stargazers may be in for a treat this week as two meteor showers — the Lyrids and the Eta Aquarids — light up the ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

A new University of Kansas survey of distant galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen star ...

Ladi Svoboda told Snopes that the photo was "real but artistically interpreted," while noting that similar shots were ...

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of them orbit, and now this lopsidedness. It just goes to show that sometimes it ...

Earth Day is about celebrating our own "pale blue dot," but sometimes stargazing can help us appreciate what is right in front of us even more. Plus, looking up at the night sky is the perfect ...

This week is International Dark Sky Week. Lights that are aimed upwards or not properly capped illuminate the atmosphere and ...

Travel experts have named the National Park among the top destinations in the UK for nature lovers to explore, as well as the ...

Looking for a really big story, I naturally headed for "Galaxies in Collision." Bradley Whitmore of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore brought us up to speed. We've known for a ...