Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

I was up before 4am to try to catch the lunar eclipse. The culmination of this bit of moon-watching was to be the blood moon.

Satellites connect people around the world but they also interfere with astronomers’ views of the cosmos. There are ways to reduce these tensions.

Created from debris trails from Halley’s Comet, the eta Aquariids can be seen from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ...

With that idea in mind, as a historian of science, my best answer to the question of what the first scientists discovered is Babylonian astronomy.

In the wake of the "blood moon" total lunar eclipse comes a last chance to see Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars with the ...

Exciting new research suggests there are four miniature planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, each thought to be just 20 to 30% ...

FLORIDA — Sky watchers and astronomy lovers got a very rare treat as a total lunar eclipse dazzled the night sky above Central Florida early Friday morning.

Nestled in the remote highlands of Potter County, Cherry Springs State Park offers something increasingly rare in our modern world – a chance to see the night sky as our ancestors did, ablaze with ...

Cherry Springs State Park sits atop a 2,300-foot mountain in the Susquehannock State Forest, surrounded by some of Pennsylvania’s most pristine wilderness. Named for the large black cherry trees that ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...