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

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

Stargazing has got to be the easiest hobby in the galaxy. All you have to do is get somewhere really dark, away from any light pollution and look up at a clear night sky. While simply staring up at ...

ANSWER: Very big!! The Milky Way Galaxy is one of billions of galaxies in the known universe. The Milky Way is a spiral ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...

While the world of astrology is abuzz with the apparent movement of the dwarf planet Pluto, I want to talk about Andromeda, ...

This is perhaps best encapsulated in a Walt Whitman poem titled “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer.” The narrator describes ...

Hubble captures the aftermath of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s dramatic encounter with the Milky Way, revealing the loss of ...

Bode's galaxy, which sits about 11.5 light-years away, can even be seen as a fuzzy blob through binoculars, according to BBC Sky at Night. With a telescope, you might even be able to see some blueish ...

Fall evenings are perfect for astrophotography because the cool weather keeps those pesky mosquitoes away, which gives me ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...