The cloud, named Eos after the Greek goddess of dawn, had eluded researchers because it contains very little carbon monoxide ...

Today, we know that M44 contains about 1,000 gravitationally bound stars, and that it’s about 577 light-years away from Earth ...

In order to find the ancient Three Leaps of the Gazelle asterism you must first locate the Big Dipper, which is high in the ...

Photoshop tutorial showing how to make a celestial scene of swirling light surrounding a planetary orb in deep space.

Celebrate International Dark Sky Week by hosting a backyard stargazing party. Experts suggest optimal timing with clear skies and minimal moisture for ...

The planetary parade will be most visible about 45 minutes before sunrise, when Mercury, Venus, and Saturn align in the eastern sky, near the crescent moon. Venus and Saturn will be the brightest and ...

A unique celestial event is expected to smile over the predawn skies of the Pacific Northwest on Friday. The smiley face will consist of Venus, Saturn, and the moon. This alignment will be best ...

Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon will align to form a unique "smiley face" in the morning sky. Here's how to view the phenomenon.

Astrophysicists have discovered a potentially star-forming cloud that is one of the largest single structures in the sky and among the closest to the sun and Earth ever to be detected. The scientists ...

"Before Hubble, no generation ever had access to unimaginably vibrant views of space, stretching almost all the way back to almost the beginning of time." ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

NASA warns that dark energy could freeze the universe into darkness. Learn what the Big Freeze theory predicts for the cosmos ...