Today in the history of astronomy, the third asteroid is discovered – although astronomers aren’t calling it that yet.

Saturn and Neptune reach opposition, looking their best for the year. Jupiter and Venus shine bright before dawn, as does the ...

On Aug. 31, 1913, Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was born in England. When he was 15, a school trip to hear a lecture on ...

Saturn’s two-toned moon, Iapetus, sits 9.5’ west of the planet and shines at its brightest, offering a good chance to spot it.

Today in the history of astronomy, NASA announces new details about our neighborhood supernova.

Iapetus is nearly at western elongation, now 10th magnitude and standing in line with Saturn’s other bright moons today.

The ringed planet shows off several moons, Venus hangs with the Beehive, and Mercury passes Regulus in the sky this week.

German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Wild Duck Cluster in 1681. Messier made it his 11th catalog entry May 30, ...

As the next-generation observatory moves closer to its 2027 launch, engineers successfully deployed the mission-critical solar panels and a massive sunshade that will help it peer into the universe’s ...

A research team proposes utilizing numerical relativity, a computational technique for solving Einstein's equations in high-gravity environments, to investigate the universe's origin. The approach ...