Chile's Atacama Desert is home to some of the best Earth-based observatories, though an energy company is throwing a wrench ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

An alignment means multiple planets are all visible in the sky from Earth. Three to eight planets constitutes an alignment.

To promote an appreciation for the art and science of amateur astronomy among the general public,” is the vision statement for The Greater Hazleton Area Astronomical Society (GHAAS) ...

The year will kick off with a six-planet parade in January that will be visible for weeks. Eclipses and supermoons also are on tap.

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating signals back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf, likely in a binary orbit with a white dwarf ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic 'double lens,' astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.

Tony Harnett, who divides his time between Beddgelert and Warrington, was hoping to find the aurora lights in Eryri ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time should spot many new "dark comets" after coming online in ...

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...