Spring is a season ripe for observing galaxies — and there’s no better place to start than the Virgo galaxy cluster.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry messages that could be retrieved by humans millennia from now as an ancient ...

Catch a last glimpse of Orion and his hunting dogs, track wild ducks, and spot a dumbbell in the sky this week.

Astronomers have never seen a pair of black holes quite like this one — but the universe may be filled with them.

A telescope does not show stars, galaxies and exoplanets as they are right now. Instead, astronomers are catching a glimpse ...

Astronomy Magazine's Dave Eicher was there to experience 3 minutes and 51 seconds of totality during 2024's eclipse.

EELS is NASA's 14-foot-long serpentine autonomous robot that could someday be used to search for life on icy moons in our ...

You can take eclipse photos with your phone, but they won't be good. Here are some tips to still capture memorable moments.

Noctis volcano, active throughout Mars' history, lies near buried glacial ice that makes it an attractive place to search for ...

Never look directly at the Sun because its light can permanently damage the retina. However, it is safe to look during 100 ...

Don't overlook these five lesser known deep-sky objects, all found in constellations that don't have one of the usual ...

Mayans kept close watch on the sky because what happened in the past could lead to forewarnings in the future.