Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

Illinois residents may be able to catch a peek of the first full moon of 2026 tonight. Here's when to venture outside.

Jupiter is the brilliant evening “star” visible after sunset this winter, peaking in brightness at opposition on Jan. 10, ...

Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.

Hubble unveils the “Lost Galaxy” as a vibrant spiral alive with newborn stars and glowing clouds of cosmic energy.

Hubble reveals a chaotic spiral galaxy whose close encounter with a neighbor has ignited a spectacular burst of star birth.

The final night of 2025 is the perfect time to watch the moon close to the Pleiades, find the brightest star in the night sky ...

A spectacular supermoon and the first meteor shower of the new year will soon appear in the California night sky. The ...

As the new year unfolds, January 3, 2026, will present a captivating celestial event: the first full moon of the year, known as the Wolf Moon. This extraordinary sight will reach its peak fullness at ...

In a series of observations that read like science fiction, astronomers now suspect they have watched a star quite literally ...

That ethos continued in 1993, when Damon and Deanne Howes headed into the wilds of south-western Tasmania (Issue 36, Oct–Dec ...

Brian T. Allen, art critic E Is for Edward, a centennial celebration of the work of Edward Gorey, reminds us that savants still wander the Earth. “I’ve been murdering children in my books for years,” ...