Sky watchers around the world have a new star to hunt for in the night sky, thanks to a recently detected explosion in our ...

The bright core of the Milky Way — the biggest and best sight at night — becomes visible in June in the Northern Hemisphere.

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the ...

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

The Bogong moth migrates 1,000 km, using stars in the Milky Way for navigation, a first for insects. They sense Earth's ...

June offers a celestial spectacle, starting with the Milky Way's rise in dark skies. Venus shines brightly in the early ...

The best news? Viewers in prime dark sky locations don’t need high-tech telescopes or even binoculars to stargaze this summer ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury will be visible in the western horizon, the space agency said. Californians can observe the planet hanging low in the sky beginning 30 minutes after the sun set ...

The moment you glimpse the Milky Way stretched across the night sky, you realize how many stars city life has stolen from you ...

Scenes from nebulas in the Milky Way and a cluster of galaxies are a teaser of how the observatory will transform astronomy, ...