As of Wednesday, Dec. 24, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 18% of the moon will ...

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to ...

Violent collisions between young worlds have turned a nearby planetary system into a sprawling construction site of dust and debris, giving astronomers a rare, time-lapse view of planetary birth by ...

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what ...

Astronomers have repeatedly observed events near a distant star that mirror processes from the early solar system’s ...

In an unprecedented celestial event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured the dramatic aftermath of colliding space ...

In an unprecedented celestial event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured the dramatic aftermath of colliding space rocks within a nearby ...

Years ago, astronomers believed they had found a planet forming around a nearby star called Fomalhaut. This was very exciting ...

With new technologies comes new discoveries. Or so Spider Man's Uncle Ben might have said if he was an astronomer. Or a ...

Astronomers directly imaged two separate collisions between rocky objects in the Fomalhaut star system. Scientists previously ...