Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy light. At its ...

The nebula is located some 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Brecher shot the image from Ontario, Canada using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 70 EDX refractor telescope and an array of ...

On this coming Thursday evening, after the Thanksgiving feast and the football games, take a walk under the stars, weather ...

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...

A striking deep-space image of the Lion Nebula shows massive stars shaping glowing gas clouds. Captured over 35 hours, it ...

Photographing the deep sky at night can be a complicated business involving specialist knowledge, expensive and bulky ...

On November 21, Uranus will appear the brightest this year, as it enters apposition, or opposition. The term "opposition" in ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured breathtaking imagery of solar system comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking into multiple pieces after being warmed by the sun.

The Leonids meteor shower, originating from the constellation Leo, will be visible on the night of November 17 through to the ...

Last night, we witnessed the aurora australis triggered by a solar storm. Here's where and how to view it tonight, and when ...

Keep your eye on the sky Wednesday night, although it's not a lock that New Jerseyans will get another view of the colorful ...

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has returned to the morning sky. Expert maps, spacecraft observations, and tips for UK stargazers explain how to spot and photograph this rare cosmic visitor.