Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

Why does nobody have their lights on?” Sue Halvorsen remembers her family members asking when they visited her in Cornville ...

These are the best stargazing sites in North America. These dark sky sanctuaries, reserves, parks, and trails invite you to immerse yourself in the wonders of our night skies.

Orion Nebula: The Orion Nebula, just 1,500 light-years away, is the nearest stellar nursery to Earth. ... NASA says its outer ring features comet-shaped material trailing from a dying star.

The nebula is about 1,350 light-years from Earth, and it likely represents a good example of the type of place our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago, according to NASA.

Sen. Ted Cruz's newly unveiled legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would dedicate almost $10 billion to help win the "new space race" with China.

It’s difficult for amateur astronomers to fully share the wonders of the night sky with a visually impaired child. Well, that task has gotten a bit easier thanks to All About Orion, the new book ...

The Cat's Eye Nebula, also known as NGC6543, formed when an aging sun-like star cast its outer layers into space, forming a dense central cocoon of dust surrounded by a diffuse veil of stellar ...