A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just 2 billion ...

Every night, we see familiar constellations in the sky that have inspired scientists and dreamers for centuries. But the ...

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

A mysterious spiraling blue light illuminated the night skies over ... light spinning across the sky in what many social media commentators likened to a spiral galaxy. The full video at normal ...

Stargazers will be treated to overlapping meteor showers in April. From April 20 to April 26, both the Lyrids and Eta ...

Betelgeuse is a red giant star that shines brightly in the night sky. It makes up one of the "shoulders" of Orion, one of the ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

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

The strange sight was seen by people across the country, with some people fearing that a UFO was on the way - but the truth is much simpler, if still pretty cool ...

This is M88, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. M88 has a visual magnitude of +9.4 and is 65 million light ...