Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

In 2024, more than the average number of aurora events were recorded but Dominick's capture was something even spectacular.

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You may have seen a string of lights in the night sky overnight, but what are these lights and why are they in a straight ...

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

Have you seen chains of lights streaking through the sky? While an interesting site to see, they aren’t, in fact, aliens.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Don Pettit’s been snapping away in orbit again. This time, the NASA astronaut has captured a stunning image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station (ISS) . It also features Earth and ...

During Valentine's Day weekend, northern parts of America, including Maine, may have a chance of seeing an aurora. But space ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.