The string of galaxies is just a small part of the colossal Virgo Galaxy Cluster ...

LOCAL amateur astronomer, Chris Stockdale, has sighted potential planets around distant stars all from his backyard observatory in Churchill. The sightings of more than 100 co-discovered exoplanets ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) looks spectacular in a new snapshot. But something about it might really surprise you. It looks like this detailed image of a far-off galaxy was captured an advanced ...

Ballarat's light pollution makes stargazing difficult. We all have a role to play in preserving the night sky.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Outside of Earth, the Universe is vast and ever-changing. Recently, there was a big discovery in our celestial backyard. Dr. Dave Jewitt, an astronomer at UCLA, says, “People ...

Astrophotographers are blending IoT-based weather monitoring, precise sensors, and forecast APIs to plan and protect their imaging sessions. By uniting real-time measurements with Astrospheric ...

A backyard astrophotographer discovered a new galaxy with a 2MP camera. A 14-year-old unearthed a supernova by combing through space survey images. A backyard astronomer discovered 17 comets – ...

An army of volunteers is helping NASA and the scientific community uncover tiny wanna be suns. Volunteers with NASA's Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have essentially doubled the known number of ...

Visitors have been coming to Palm Springs to see stars since the days of the Rat Pack. But the desert saves its most ...

The sky is filled with great objects for observers. With today’s equipment and the sophistication of knowledge we have about clusters, nebulae, and galaxies, some 10,000 good-looking objects are ...

Venus passes 0.8° due north of Uranus at 1 A.M. EDT. After their close conjunction yesterday, the two remain within 1.5° of each other in the evening sky tonight, offering a second chance to spot them ...

GREENBELT, Md.—On Tuesday, NASA invited the press to look at the fully assembled Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is now ready to join the ranks of the great observatories in orbit, ahead of ...