Astronomers describe Mercury as an "inferior planet", because its orbital path around the sun is much closer than that of ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? July holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.

Hawaii’s significant contribution to science, particularly those discoveries made through telescope installations on two ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out sometime soon and observe the great globular ...

University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy last week officially began the decommissioning process for the UH-owned UKIRT ...

On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Rubin Observatory begins 10-year sky survey to uncover dark matter, track asteroids, and build a detailed view of our ...