Snow Moon will be visible Feb. 1. What we know about it, including peak illumination and if skies will be clear in Oklahoma.

Astronomers have traced the origin point of a jet of material that is thousands of light-years long emanating from the ...

Over decades, he’s changed how his peers view the heavens. Space isn’t just an endless canvas to be studied at leisure, he ...

The September 2025 issue featured "A guide to beginner's guides," a reminiscence and description of some the books for ...

Every week, Space.com delivers the latest discoveries, launches, and cosmic curiosities from across the universe. From ...

Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they ...

Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 ...

Although there are a few hobbies that have low-cost entry points, amateur astronomy is not generally among them. A tabletop Dobsonian might cost a few hundred dollars, and that is just the entry ...

As much as I love looking at the night sky, my love for astronomy really grew with the books I read. People often ask what books I would recommend for those interested in the subject, so this list ...

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

Astronomers at Texas A&M University have discovered a rare, tightly packed collision of galaxies in the early universe, suggesting that galaxies were interacting and shaping their surroundings far ...