Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The ...

In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.

April skies feature close planet pairings, a bright meteor shower, and stunning views of the ancient star cluster M3.

Astronomers had observed auroras on all other planets in the Solar System, and spotting one in Neptune completes the list.

The planets offer exciting views in April for both night owls and early risers. Plus, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks in ...

Saturn is below Venus and very low in the predawn sky. In late April it is five degrees above the horizon. You may need ...

Some people in town today for the Yakima River Canyon Marathon may have been looking for a little running inspiration.

Every year, scientists discover something new and amazing about the universe. Some of these you'll hear about no problem, but ...

The ice giant officially joins the lineup of planets with auroras, completing the set of all eight planets in the Solar ...

Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

World-renowned Greek astrophysicist Stamatios Krimigis says that a human settlement on Mars is a distant dream.