Scientists have unlocked the 3D structure of molecular clouds in the Milky Way’s center, using a groundbreaking X-ray technique. These cosmic clouds, vital for star formation, were illuminated by past ...
The night sky show for February is not finished. Starting on Friday, Feb. 14 – Sunday, Feb. 16 Venus will outshine everything ...
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.
The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...
Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...
From supermoons to an eclipse and star parties at national parks, these captivating celestial phenomena will get Americans ...
Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.
"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...
A star system has been discovered to be moving at an estimated 1.2 million miles per hour, making it possibly the fastest moving solar system in our galaxy.
As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.
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