On Oct. 13, 1773, Charles Messier spotted the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) for the first time. Writing of it a few months later, he ...

Most intriguingly, though, one of the objects showed a particular light absorption feature at the wavelength of 1,640 ...

Don't miss the moon, Jupiter and the stars of the constellation Orion rise along the southern horizon on Oct. 12.

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Astronomers have taken their clearest look yet at how some of the biggest stars in our galaxy are born—and it turns out the ...

A waning Moon drifts past Jupiter this week, while early risers will find dazzling views of autumn constellations and ...

The outline of the cosmic simian's mouth and face are sculpted from a colossal cloud of molecular dust located some 500 light ...

The Dark Energy Camera at NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile has been used to capture an amazing view of a star-forming region known as the Lobster Nebula. It is 8000 ...

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There's nothing extraterrestrial about the owls on the Vanderbilt's grounds. If you've always wanted to see whooo's out there ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...

The Heckscher Museum of Art holds evening get-togethers called The Mix where visitors have a cocktail, listen to music and ...