A breathtaking new image captures the Crystal Ball Nebula, the remains of a dying star found in the constellation Taurus.

The final mission before the landmark Apollo 11, Apollo 10 served as a dress rehearsal, testing every aspect of the Moon landing except for the actual landing itself. On May 18, the crew of Commander ...

Halley’s Comet naming controversy is reshaping astronomy history after new medieval research revealed a forgotten discovery ...

For decades, astronomers have described the galaxy cluster Abell 2029, a vast city of galaxies in the Virgo constellation, as ...

A selection of celestial photographs will be on the display in the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History’s atrium starting ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 22Uranus is in conjunction with the Sun at 10 A.M. EDT, so ...

Stunned researchers discover that, in addition to accurately tracing the movement of the sun, moon and predicting when ...

It’s been said that science is not truth, but rather finding the truth... always in flux as we learn more about the universe. Many scientists dream of the day (and put in the hard work toward) that ...

The mathematical principles of Ptolemy’s Planisphaerium enabled the projection of the three-dimensional universe onto a flat ...

Long before modern technology and scientific instruments, Indian architects and rulers designed temples, observatories and ...

Harvard University has launched an unusual online course exploring astrology, tarot, omens, oracles and ancient prediction ...

According to ancient writers and Greek mythology, the muses are the sources of inspiration for the arts and knowledge.