Any day now, a massive stellar blast dubbed "the Blaze Star" could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

NASA has confirmed that operations have begun for its latest space observatory, which is tasked with snapping 3,600 images of ...

The SPHEREx mission will map the universe in both optical and near-infrared light. In the month since arriving at its orbit ...

Gaze skyward on any spring and summer night and you’ll surely see what appears to be a star drifting slowly across the night sky. This is probably an ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

As the night skies of May unfold, there’s a wealth of celestial events to witness, from the waxing Moon to the prominent ...

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower is reaching its annual peak, offering a chance to see shooting stars in Australia this week.

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

Utah is home to five national parks — and, depending on how much time you have, it’s possible to visit all five in one trip.

The first image of the whole Earth from space came in 1972, when astronauts Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt took a photo from ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most eagerly awaited astronomical events of the year. Active from April 19 to May 28, it will reach its peak inten ...