On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star ...

A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...

From supermoons to an eclipse and star parties at national parks, these captivating celestial phenomena will get Americans ...

If you're looking for a way to tell someone that they are out of this world this Valentine's day, maybe look up ...

Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Fascinating Cosmic Occurrence 'Blue Lurker' Star System 2,800 Light-Years From Earth In a ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

The unobstructed skies that gave Big Sky, Montana its name made for an appropriate setting for the release of two postage stamps depicting vistas visible to the James Webb Space Telescope.

Featuring the world’s largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture these mysterious phenomena in more ...

"NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ... of four. Star Cluster IC 348 has provided clues to the origins of stars and planetary systems. Between the billowing pink, purple and white curtains ...

Its cosmic corsage tells a story of death and rebirth. Within a few million years — a blink of an eye in the universe’s life — the gas and dust will either become budding young stars and planetary ...

A rare breed of star recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope spins faster by ... The lurker is a member of the open cluster M67, also known as the "King Cobra Cluster." ...