NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is carefully watching an asteroid called 2025 XM, a space rock about 84 feet (26 ...

The September 2025 issue featured "A guide to beginner's guides," a reminiscence and description of some the books for astronomy beginners that Contributing Editor Raymond Shubinski recommends or ...

Humans have been eyeing the colorful Ring Nebula for nearly 250 years, but testing out a new telescope tool led to the ...

Exactly 101 years ago, on January 24 th 1925, the Sun turned black. That total solar eclipse was the last time it happened over our homes. The Hudson Valley won’t see another until May 1, 2079.

While the James Webb Space Telescope provides a window into the ancient universe, SkyMapper focuses on the present by ...

Stargazers will in one week have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a conjunction.

For over two centuries, we have watched the red giant R Leonis dim and brighten with regularity, but this 'heartbeat' is beginning to speed up near the end of the star's life.

"This is a tale of a failed galaxy." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have ...

Astronomers Look to the Large Magellanic Cloud to Study How Stars Are Born The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy 160,000 light-years away, is one of the Milky Way’s closest neighbours.

Observations of a unique microlensing event have led to the discovery of a free-floating rogue planet drifting through the cosmos without a host star, according to an international research team. The ...