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

At the Harvard College Observatory in years around 1900, women were hired to make measurements of astronomical data and do ...

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

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 ...

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

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You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of March 13. That’s when one of ...

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

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Astronomers from the University of Arizona have uncovered astonishing details about a galaxy that existed when the universe ...

The renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson encourages you to explore the universe with his top picks for astronomy books ...