A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible.

In the constellation Cygnus, a bright knot of stars seems to adorn one edge of a nearly perfect 20-light-year-wide circle, ...

A baby galaxy is throwing one heck of a tantrum, and it's shaking up our understanding of the earliest galaxies.

The European Space Agency's Euclid mission—designed to map the geometry of the dark universe with unprecedented ...

Astronomers are uncovering new ways to study the universe’s first stars, objects too distant and faint to observe directly, by examining the ancient 21-centimeter radio signal left behind by hydrogen ...

Stargazing is best done flat on your back — and this inflatable lounger makes it incredibly easy. The Lamzac fills with air in seconds: just scoop air in swiftly through the open end of the lounger, ...

Abstract: A very quick progress in information technologies as well as the telescope creation technologies produce a big volume of astronomical big data as well as high dimensional information. All ...

Trump’s name on an NFL stadium looks like a Hail Mary The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabriela Radulescu, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) As humans began to ...