A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy. The halo, known as an ...

a bright star within the star-forming nebula N79 appears to burst forth through a web of cooler gas and dust in this image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Located in the Large ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals unprecedented details of it.

Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, viewers should look towards the south in the evening sky, using the bright ...

The Orion Nebula, a nursery for new stars, is showcased in this breathtaking image, with young stars and protostars shining ...

Look to the east after dark this week, and you’ll see a dazzlingly bright “star” in the evening sky. Is it the legendary Christmas Star? It’s Jupiter at opposition, an annual astronomical ...

This event, known as an occultation (derived from the Latin word occultāre, which means "to conceal", can be a startling spectacle, especially if it involves a bright star. But unlike a planet ...