When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

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

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, c William ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission has successfully communicated with Earth, marking the start of an ambitious journey to map the cosmos.

Join Southern Illinois University of Carbondale for a viewing of a total lunar eclipse on March 13 and 14. Members of the SIU ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), has developed ...

A discovery made by a team led by researchers at the University of Michigan tugs at the seams of some key cosmic lessons we ...

The total lunar eclipse will begin around 1:09 a.m. on March 14. This happens when the moon passes through the earth’s shadow ...

Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million ...

An issue with a ground system that supports the Falcon 9 rocket led to a postponement of at least one day of the latest rotation of space station crews. By Kenneth Chang The SPHEREx telescope ...