Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is sometimes called the Surfboard Galaxy. It's not to be missed.

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler runs a detective story at the Grand Canyon to recreate a famous photo of Neil ...

Titan’s shadow transits the northern hemisphere of Saturn this morning beginning around 3:30 A.M. EDT. It’s definitely worth ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

#11. The Moon’s temperature can vary from 242° Fahrenheit in a sunny spot to −334° Fahrenheit in a shady spot near one of its ...

The White House’s proposed 2026 NASA budget calls for a dramatic 24 percent cut to funding, reducing NASA’s budget from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion. If enacted, this would mark the agency ...

This book, Délimitation Scientifique des Constellations, authored by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte and published in 1930, established the boundaries of the 88 present-day constellations.

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

This week’s launches include Axiom 4, a historic crewed mission to the ISS, plus multiple satellite deployments from SpaceX and other providers.

Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket on Thursday, June 26, from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New ...