For our end-of-the-year Editors' Photo Challenge, we asked readers to share their best photos of 2024. Here are our favorites ...

In addition to livestacking, there are now “smart telescopes” available that will take and process images of the night sky as ...

In December 2024, a rare celestial event known as the Black Moon will occur, marking the second new moon in a single month.

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Skywatchers across the United States witnessed a total solar eclipse, SpaceX caught a giant rocket out of mid-air with a pair ...

Space Telescope Image: Hundreds of objects of varying colors, shapes, and sizes scattered across the dark space background. A yellow star at the center with a mottled gas and dust disk, transitioning ...

The New Year kicks off with a stunning meteor shower under perfect conditions and plenty of deep-sky objects on offer in the ...

Ukraine’s president dispatched his top officials to Syria in a bid to restore ties after the collapse of the pro-Russian Assad regime.

Andrew Greer visited the historic train depot here Sunday night, contemplating the loss of this southwest Georgia community’s hero. As he stood on the platform of what served ...

James Webb Telescope has completed three years in space and it continues to mesmerise us with stunning pictures from beyond ...

If dark matter is discovered through one of these experiments or another that hasn’t yet been dreamed up, it could ...

Let’s reimagine the walk of all walks—not just a meander through the neighborhood or even a trek spanning continents, but an ...