What is the bright star in the east right now? Venus, the bright "Morning Star," shines brilliantly in the pre-dawn sky this ...

Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.

In the coming days ahead, if any of your friends or relatives remark to you that they saw a "strange UFO" on the way to work or school, you now can set them straight.

Venus will reach its peak brightness on April 24 before sunrise, visible as the Morning Star in the eastern sky. The planet ...

Star light, star bright, will there be a new star tonight? That's the question astronomers are waiting to answer, as they await a spectacular stellar explosion they believe is on the horizon.

Named Kohoutek 4-55, the nebula was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Planetary nebulae like Kohoutek 4-55 are the ...

The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...

Credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images Early morning risers who head out to work and school before sunrise are likely beginning to notice an extremely bright star-like object appearing ...