Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the sky's most striking color contrasts. The bright, nearly full moon will be ...

NASA’s TESS mission has unveiled its most detailed sky map after eight years of continuous observations. The massive mosaic ...

NASA has released an extensive cosmic map of the night sky, created from eight years of data from the Transiting Exoplanet ...

A new map of the night sky has just been made public for the first time. The photo, which was published by scientists at Durham University, shows an incredibly detailed picture of millions of galaxies ...

TL;DR. Starlink satellite trains are a fascinating sight in the night sky. When the satellites are first deployed, they appear as a close-knit group of l ...

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Perched high on a ridge in the South American Andes, a new observatory aims to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos and unravel some of the mysteries it holds. Featuring the world’s largest ...

Even the best stargazing apps—perfect for the new iPhone 14—are a form of cheating. They stop you from learning what's in the night sky and instead keep your eyes firmly glued to your smartphone’s ...

As I stumbled over rocks through pitch darkness, following a guy I had just met online, I began to question my life choices. It was the middle of the night, and I was wandering through a remote desert ...

Scientists have found what may very well be the oldest surviving map of the universe ever made, and it has been sitting under ...

An ancient and detailed map of the night sky was discovered in Italy, researcher said. Figure from the journal Astronomical Notes Researchers recently discovered a detailed map of the night sky that ...

A rare astronomical event will take place Saturday as a super new moon moves across the sky. Although this phenomenon brings the moon closer to Earth, don’t expect to see it in Texas — this phase ...