Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

The shining Great Conjunction is also called the Christmas Star (for obvious reasons) or the Solstice Star (again, for obvious reasons) or the Star of Bethlehem. And while it’s set to dazzle on 21 ...

One of Tyrus Wong's popular holiday cards. Tyrus Wong / Courtesy of the Hallmark Archives, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, USA. In a glass-fronted, sunlit studio on a wooded ravine in ...

IN regard to the so-called “star of Bethlehem,” Prof. C. A. Grimmer, in “Life from the Dead,” No. 69 (August 1879), p. 267, wrote:—“It will be seen in ‘Cassiopeia's Chair’, and ...

Christmas is here. And the night sky tonight obliges by presenting a beautiful display of celestial sights, perfectly timed out to coincide with the holiday. In ancient times, Dec. 25 was the date ...

Whether or not the pilgrimage of the wise men happened or not is debatable; but certainly something was shining in the sky at the time of the birth. Semantically, the Star of Bethlehem as a celestial ...

A version of this column was originally published Dec. 20, 2019, in the Erie Times-News. Everywhere one looked on Dec. 25, ...

Everywhere one looked on Dec. 25, 1944, Christmas lugged an asterisk. "Reverence and solemnity vied with happiness and gaiety as the Christmas star ushered in Erie's fourth war-time Yuletide at ...

The Magi then travel to Bethlehem (Matthew 2:8), where they see the star again, which seems to point to the place where the child is (Matthew 2:9–10). The early church father Irenaeus saw this event ...

Yet, in ancient times, any shining object in the sky, except the sun and moon, was called a "star." What we now call planets were considered "wandering stars." In fact, our word "planet" comes from ...