You can credit Earth’s atmosphere with providing an orangish color to the Moon during an eclipse. The atmosphere acts like a ...

The largest moon of Saturn is bigger than Mercury, yet for all its conspicuousness, scientists don't know exactly how it came ...

Astronomers report the rapid transition of WOH G64 from a red supergiant to a yellow hypergiant, based on photometric and spectroscopic observations published in Nature Astronomy.

We both moved to Minneapolis less than a year ago and had children the same age. She had been observing several of the thousands of ICE agents who inundated Minneapolis under the Trump ...

Deep inside a dust-choked galaxy, astronomers have uncovered a chemical environment far more complex than expected.

The March full moon arrives with a total lunar eclipse. See when to look up and what Florida residents can expect.

The first batch of alerts from the Vera Rubin Observatory drew attention to new asteroids, supernovae, and active galactic nuclei.

Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the area near the moon's south pole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Travel about 2,500 light-year away in the constellation Vela to see James Webb Space Telescope stunning view of NGC 3132, the ...

San Diego night owls are getting a true cosmic double feature this week: a planetary parade on Saturday evening followed by a ...

It’s unclear if it's even feasible, but it would be a danger to space exploration, astronomy, and even our health.