The Orion Nebula is the only nebula that can be seen with the naked eye, despite being 1,344 light years away.

This stunning image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, features G35.2-0.7N, a region renowned as a hub for high-mass ...

The research team detected a key signature of water ice at a wavelength of 3 microns, a telltale sign of frozen water coating ...

When you look up at the night sky during winter, you might have noticed three stars, equidistant from one another in a row ...

But not everything in our galaxy (or beyond) is the outcome of such ostentatious chaos. Some of the most visually captivating ...

Cosmic Reef (NGC 2014 and NGC 2020) This Hubble Space Telescope image image is nicknamed the “Cosmic Reef,” because it ...

Explore the December sky with our guide to astronomy events, including planetary alignments, moon phases, and asteroid ...

NEOWISE, NASA’s retired infrared telescope, has tracked numerous near-Earth objects and discovered a rare comet since 2013.

Open star clusters sparkle as Luna and Venus line up and Jupiter’s moons jockey for position in the sky this week.

We learn about the planets, stars, and galaxies by their light—visible light ... same part constellation, Orion, as Betelgeuse but even farther away is the Orion Nebula, a place where we ...

This time of year is the best time for stargazing, according to Tom Gwilym, vice president of the Door Astronomical Society ...