Mars was at opposition as Earth passed by it in our faster, inner orbit. Mars is still very bright and will continue to be so ...

Following the recent Wolf Moon in a celestial game of peekaboo with Mars, January is shaping up to be a dazzling spectacle for stargazers, with a parade of planets crisscrossing ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

Researchers have found there are many more black holes in the universe than once thought. (Credit: WikiMedia Commons) Most ...

Messier 31 is located 2.5 million light-years away from Earth and was a much bigger target in the sky than the galaxies ...

If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety of our ...

There's just something about being fully engulfed in darkness. And, of course, the tiny pinpricks of light that come along ...

These are the planets that will be visible with the naked eye. A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky ...

The night sky is putting on a celestial show with a dazzling "planetary parade" featuring six major planets and a bonus comet ...

The radiance of the starry sky always impresses with its majesty, but in the modern world it is increasingly difficult to ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of ...