The newly identified star carries almost no heavy elements, making it a rare surviving relic from the universe’s earliest chapters.

If you're looking to see incredible constellations and world-class astronomy, you need to head to this U.S. National Park.

Astronomers discover 13 new symbiotic stars in Gaia DR3 and help close a historic gap between theory and observation.

Want to see Mercury, a Pink Moon, or even the oldest meteor shower? We’ve put together a list of the notable astronomical ...

Learn more about a new algorithm that helped reveal 87 stellar streams and what it could reveal about dark matter.

Spring is known as “galaxy season,” but that’s not all April’s nightscapes have in store. Here’s what to find while you’re ...

The Milky Way doesn’t just appear as a faint smudge in the sky like it does in most places. At Newport State Park, it stretches across the heavens like someone spilled a cosmic milkshake, and you can ...

An International Dark Sky Park, Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park offers incredible stargazing. Here’s how to plan a visit to ...

Using the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, an international team of astronomers has observed C-19—an extremely metal-poor stellar stream in the Milky Way's halo. Results of ...

The center of the Milky Way contains a supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). A recent image from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows a cluster of ...

Milky Way season is here and Alabama’s dark skies are ready to reveal the galaxy’s glittering core. Here's when and how to see it.

Milky Way season, when the galaxy's bright center is visible, is underway. The best viewing time in the Northern Hemisphere is from March to September. The Milky Way can be seen without special ...